Three evenings of cultural presentations and public lectures being held as part of the Faculty’s Biennial Conference “Trajectories of Freedom: Caribbean Societies Past and Present” and activities commemorating the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Presentations will be as follows:

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24

Performance: Drumming *A Barbadian Slave Narrative* Dance/Drama of ‘Bidding' on the auction block

Keynote Address – ‘Different Trajectories of Freedom in the Anglophone Caribbean' by Professor Bridget Brereton, University of the West Indies, Trinidad

THURSDAY, MAY 24

Performance: Limbo/Wake dance: Bantu/Cuban Ritual of Palo

Keynote Address – 'The Freedom of Movement in the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean during the Twentieth Century' Professor Jorge Duany , University of Puerto Rico .

FRIDAY, MAY 25

Keynote Address – ‘Assimilation or Emancipation: the Guadeloupean dilemma' delivered by M. Jean-Claude Lombion, Mayor, Morne à l'Eau, Guadeloupe

Performance: Haitian Dance and Drumming: tribute to the Festive and Sacred Arts of Haiti featuring acclaimed Haitian Choreographer and Dancer, Jean-Rene Delsoin.

Admission Free
All are welcome