This *HAITICONCOURSE *Commemorations event on the 23rd August 2008 (full programme written below) is part of the following Week-long *UHURUKURUNZI* Programme, under the auspices of both the OKRAKE-SRECOLL* and the ROV-PULL**, which is jointly organised by the Rendezvous of Victory (ROV), the EDIKANFO Pan-Afrikan Youth and Students Internationalist Link (EDIKANFO-PAYSIL), the Youth Concern Global Network (YCGN), the Afrikan and Afrikan-Caribbean Youth and Students Action (AACYSA) and the NUS Black Students Campaign (NUS-BSC), with the support of the Recovered Histories London Regional Network (RH-LRN) and the Global Justice
Forum (GJF).


Venue: YCGN Office, 166 Benhill Road, Camberwell, London SE5 7LL.
Time: 6pm – 9pm Monday, 18th to Friday, 22nd August 2008.
3pm - 5pm Sunday, 24th August 2008.

Tuesday, 19th August: *FREEDOMSCREEN: DVDs/Films of Resistance*;
Facilitator: Tafarre The Prince (TWR Today).

Wednesday, 20th August: *SEMINARCIRCLE: Topics in Education for Liberation*;
Facilitator: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (NUS-BSC).

Thursday, 21st August: *SEMINARCIRCLE: Topics in Freedomfighting Connexions
Worldwide - Abolitionist Communities of Resistance Link-Networking*;
Facilitator: Ronny Mosebach (YCGN).

Friday, 22nd August: *OPERATION JUSTICE ETERNAL (OJE): Groundings with our
Amadelakufa*; Facilitator: Kofi Mawuli Klu (ROV).

Saturday, 23rd August: *HAITICONCOURSE*, School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS), University of London, (see above for details).

Sunday, 24th August: *MAANGAMIZISEMKA* with a *Haiti** Flag-Passing On
Ceremony*; Facilitator: Sam Berko (YCGN/Grassroots Rising).


Venue for all events: 166 Benhill Road, Camberwell, London SE5 7LL

*OKRAKE SoulRoots Educational Complex of Lifelong Learning (OKRAKE-SRECOLL)
**Rendezvous of Victory – Peoples' University of Lifelong Learning
(ROV-PULL)

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Date: *Saturday, 23rd August 2008.*

Time: *2 pm – 7 pm*

Venue: **166 Benhill Road, Camberwell, London SE5 7LL

Organised by the *Recovered Histories London Regional Network (RH-LRN)*

[including Afrikan and Afrikan-Caribbean Youth and Student Action (AACYSA), Anti-Slavery International, BTWSC, Black Music Congress (BMC), Grassroots Rising, Kilombo Community Education Network, NUS Black Students Campaign (NUS-BSC), ODAC, Rendezvous of Victory (ROV), World Development Movement (WDM), Youth Concern Global Network (YCGN) and others]


* TIME, PROGRAMME & PARTICIPANTS:


2:00pm

*Co-Chairpersons*: Sam Berko (YCGN/Grassroots Rising) & Bell Ribeiro-Addy
(NUS Black Students Officer)

2:10pm to 2:55pm

*Drumscall* - with Displays (Recovered Histories Exhibition plus
Variations), Videos/DVDs (e.g. 25th March 2007 Resistance and Remembrance,
PYRAMIDQUEST-Agooo!, Keep It Real) and Stalls


3:40pm

*Opening Statements: *

Aneka Coley, Recovered Histories London Regional Network ;

Angelina Osborne, Anti-Slavery International;

Esther Stanford, Rendezvous of Victory (ROV);

Kwame Kwei Armah, Actor/Playwright/Film-maker.


Film-Show: *I am an African *by Kwame Kwei Armah


3:55pm

*Sheroes and Heroes of Abolitionist Resistance: Past and Present*

presented by Kwaku (BMC) on behalf of the RH-LRN;



4:30pm

*Trade Winds*: an Introduction to the Documentary and Subscriptions Appeal
for *Abeng Soundings 2009 *by Sharon Agina (YCGN/Grassroots Rising)**



4:50pm

*The Haitian Revolution as Living History in Britain Today*

jointly presented by Kofi Mawuli Klu (ROV) and Mpegwa Mwakangata
(ACCYSA/NUS-BSC) on behalf of the RH-LRN.


5:10pm

*Trade Justice Monitoring from the Grassroots Between Europe and Afrika*

jointly presented by Explo Nani-Kofi and Onyameba Atta-Kesson (Afrika Soree:
Operation Stop the Sell-Out).



5:30pm

*Haiti** in Our Sankofa Birdsongs*

Spoken Word and Musical Interlude with Performing Artists – an Introduction
to *SoulRoots Groundings*.



6:00pm

*Was William Wilberforce A Freedomfighter?*

An Open Floor Debate introduced by Andrew Nelson (ODAC) and Ms. Serwah
(BTWSC).



6:35pm

*Recovered Histories Action Research Focus Groups (RH-ARFOGs)*

an invitation to move beyond the "Lecture Model" by Angelina Osborne
(Anti-Slavery International) and Ronny Mosebach (YCGN), Convenor, RH-LRN.


7:00pm – 10:00pm

*SoulRoots Groundings (Music & Dance Aftershow)*

hosted by *Liberationparties *in the SOAS Students Union








For participation in all these activities, it is advisable to register
beforehand with the Convenor in order to avoid disappointment, because of
limited space.



For more information or any other enquiries contact:



Ronny Mosebach,

Convenor,

Recovered Histories London Regional Network (RH-LRN).

Tel: *020 7703 8239* ; *07956 392 325* .

E-Mail: * Lashec@ycgn.org*