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2022 Emancipation Commemoration
The 2022 Emancipation Celebrations is under the theme, ‘Emancipation, Our Heritage, our Strength” and under the sub theme, RE-ENGAGING TO CONSOLIDATE OUR DEVELOPMENTAL AGENDA
LAUNCH
This year’s event was launched on 30th May, 2022 at the Obetsebi Lamptey Hall of the Ghana Tourism Authority.
PROGRAM
| DATE | ACTIVITY
|
VENUE | TIME | DRESS CODE |
| Wed.
27th July |
Wreath laying Ceremony in Accra | George Padmore Library
W.E.B. Du Bois Centre |
9:00 GMT
10:00GMT |
Black/Red |
| Friday, 29th July | Durbar of Chiefs and People
Musical Show |
Assin Praso Heritage Village(APHV)
Assin Praso Heritage Village(APHV)
|
10:00GMT
17:00GMT |
Red/Black
Casual |
| Saturday,30th July | Emancipation Health Walk
Masqueraders Show |
Elmina
Victoria Park, Cape Coast |
05:00-10:00GMT
12:00GMT-17:00GMT |
Casual
|
| Sunday, 31st July | Candlelight Night
Reverential Night Candlelight Procession(from Mfantsipim Junction to Cape Coast Castle) Wreath laying Testimonies/Spoken Words Roll Call of Ancestors Reading of Proclamation |
Pikworo Slave Camp
Cape Coast Castle |
18:00GMT
22:00GMT |
White
|
| Monday,1stAugust | Emancipation Day @ Assin Manso
Wreath laying on the graves of former enslaved Africans Unveiling of Tomb(Former enslaved African from Barbados) Visit to the Nnonko Nsuo (Slave River) for Healing prayers
Wreath Laying Ceremony |
Reverential Gardens, Assin Manso
Assin Manso Slave River
Pikworo Slave Camp
|
10:00GMT
10:00GMT |
Black/Red |
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About Emancipation
Emancipation Celebration is an annual event in Ghana, the Black Star of Africa and the gateway to the Homeland of people of African descent in the Diaspora. Emancipation was originally celebrated in the Caribbean to commemorate the final abolition of Chatel Slavery in the British colonies on 1st August 1834.
Emancipation is organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in partnership with the PANAFEST Foundation.
It is commemorated formJuly to August each year.
Wreath-Laying
Black-Lives-Matter-Webinar
Emancipation-Tree-Planting
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