International Year for People of African Descent

Selected related initiatives

• February: Islands as Crossroads: Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States
• February 4–24: Exhibition on Arts and Poetry by artist Hilda Zagaglia, Alta Garcia, Argentina
• February 28–March 3: Meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project, Bogota
• March 21–23: SEPHIS Workshop "Equity, Justice, Development: People of African Descent in Latin America in comparative Perspective", University of Cartagena, Colombia
• April: Launching of the international Year for People of African Descent in Brazil, UNESCO Brasilia
• May 4–11: Black International Cinema Festival, Fountainhead Tanz Theatre, Berlin, Germany
• May 10: Commemorating the Slave Trade and Slavery as a Crime against Humanity, France
• June 6–12: Afro-Brazilian Arts and Cultural Heritage Festival, Washington DC, United States of America
• July 4–15: Harriet Tubman Student Summer Programme on "Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies", York University, Toronto, Canada
• August 11–13: Pan-African Women's Action Summit, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
• August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
• * Angola: Conference "Escravos angolanos povoaram tambem as Antilhas Neerlandesas", organized by the Eduardo dos Santos Foundation, at the Agostinho Neto University in Luanda
• * Democratic Republic of Congo : Workshop on achievements of the Slave Route Project in the DRC, with presentation of The Slave Trade, Slavery and Colonial Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• * Ghana: Workshop on the slave trade for educators from three regions of the world, Accra
• * Grenada: exhibition and commemorative activities organized by National Commission for UNESCO and the National Museum of Grenada, St. George's
• * Madagascar: screening of the documentary Slave Routes: A Global Vision, at the University of Antananarivo
• * Saint Kitts and Nevis: launch of the activities of the national committee for the Slave Route Project
• * Senegal: Panel discussion, painting and photo exhibition, cultural and artistic activities at the Joseph Ndiaye Socio-cultural Centre, Gorée
• * UK: Commemoration at the National Maritime Museum, London
• September 22–24: 7th International African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference, World Trade and Convention Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• October: Boscoe Holder exhibition at the Upper Room Art Gallery at Top of the Mount, Mount St Benedict, St Augustine, Trinidad
• October 20: Panel discussion "The Causes and Consequences of Racism", Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, US
• October 29: Celebration of the International Year for People of African Descent and Promotion of the General History of Africa, UNESCO, Paris
• November 2 : Itinerant photographic exhibition: "Women in Africa - No Color One Color", Italian Institute of Culture, Nairobi, Kenya; Sheraton Hotel, Milan Malpensa Airport, Italy; and other venues
• November 9: Celebration – International Year for People of African Descent; Africa, Mère de tous les peuples. Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
• Brazil-Africa: Crossed Histories Programme in the 36th UNESCO General Conference