The spirit of Christmas and Kwanzaa came together as one on Sunday as the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration and the Haynesville Youth Group hosted their Christmas to Remember in Pelican Village.
The event which saw the likes of Trayvon Boyce, Colin Spencer, and Tito Gittens with supporting acts of steel pan and tuk band music, was considered important to organizers who wished to incorporate Kwanzaa and Pan-Africanist music and themes into the holiday season.
Special Envoy for Reparations and Economic Enfranchisement MP Trevor Prescod told patrons the event on Sunday is just one step in a long line of activities being planned for locals, as the Government and members of the Pan-African movement seek to bring more cultural awareness projects to Barbadians.
“You are going to see an intensification of Caribbean culture, and more in particular, Barbadian culture as we move into 2021. The movement of which we speak is very much at the forefront of… a working collaboration with the Government, and [is] trying to give greater exposure to Barbadian talent, because we need to give some liberty and flexibility to the talent we have, that is equivalent to talent anywhere across the world. “For me, this Kwanzaa period is not just a celebration, but it’s also about education and helping people to have a critical assessment of our reality. We must be able to understand what it is that we are seeing, and understand clearly what we are hearing and apply it to [us] developing as a people,” he said. (SB)
