Tempora mutantur should be the Jamaican motto. Tempora mutantur with a vengeance! Only sixty years ago, and the dream of Emancipation had not been dreamt even by a Wilberforce, and the then ...

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EMANCIPATION DAY in Jamaica takes on new meaning this year as the Caribbean nation celebrates 35 years of independence. In Jamaica, “Full Free Emancipation” is the theme of national ...

Jamaica’s celebration of the Emancipation Day on August 1, 2024, took an emotional turn as some individuals and families rendered apologies to people whose ancestors were adversely affected by ...

The term “Emancipendence” gradually came into use some years back, after August 1 (Emancipation Day) was reinstated as a national holiday in Jamaica in 1997. The date is close to that of the island’s ...

Emancipation Day and the legacy of the Jamaican Maroons in Nova Scotia were commemorated during a ceremony at Citadel Hill in Halifax on Thursday. Russell Grosse is executive director of the ...