A virtual 'One Journey' symposium held September 30-October 1, 2022 was the third in a series and featured speakers in Jamaica, Canada, United States, and Freetown West Africa. This symposium highlights different perspectives and contributions of the journeys and legacies of Jamaican Maroons, African-Caribbean connections, and the founding of Historic Maroon Town in Africa 222 years ago in 1800.

Part 3

African-Caribbean Music & Culture

• Iyamide Thomas, Curator and Historian
• Adrian Q. Labor
• Adesina During

AfriCaribbean Festival - Empress Jalloh & Danny Labor

Organized by Adrian Q. Labor & Akindele T.M. Decker of African Curator, Barbara Morgan of Zion 230, Adesina During of KDU-Global, in partnership with the Freetown City Council.

A virtual 'One Journey' symposium held September 30-October 1, 2022 was the third in a series and featured speakers in Jamaica, Canada, United States, and Freetown West Africa. This symposium highlights different perspectives and contributions of the journeys and legacies of Jamaican Maroons, African-Caribbean connections, and the founding of Historic Maroon Town in Africa 222 years ago in 1800.

Part 2 West Indians in Sierra Leone - Dr. Nemata Blyden, Historian & Professor, George Washington University - Natassja Bynoe, The African Diaspora Institute of Cultural Exchange and Historical Research, Inc.

Liberated African Emigration to West Indies & West Indian Immigration

- Adrian Q. Labor - Akindele T.M. Decker

Creolized Languages: Krio, Jamaican Patois, Gullah, Suriname Creole - Dr. Malcolm Finney

Organized by Adrian Q. Labor & Akindele T.M. Decker of African Curator, Barbara Morgan of Zion 230, Adesina During of KDU-Global, in partnership with the Freetown City Council.

A virtual 'One Journey' symposium held September 30-October 1, 2022 was the third in a series and featured speakers in Jamaica, Canada, United States, and Freetown West Africa. This symposium highlights different perspectives and contributions of the journeys and legacies of Jamaican Maroons, African-Caribbean connections, and the founding of Historic Maroon Town in Africa 222 years ago in 1800.

Part 1 - Speakers touch on the lived experience of their common African history and their communities' shared heritage.

• Chief Michael Grizzle, Flagstaff Maroon Council, Trelawny Town, Jamaica

• Gaamang Gloria Simms, CEO of Maroon Indigenous Women's Circle, 1st Female Gaamang of the Maroons of Jamaica and Suriname

• Mr. Victor Barber-Richards, Representative of St. John's Maroon Church in Freetown, Sierra Leone

• Ing. Melbourne Garber, Historian & Engineer

Organized by Adrian Q. Labor & Akindele T.M. Decker of African Curator, Barbara Morgan of Zion 230, Adesina During of KDU-Global, in partnership with the Freetown City Council.