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endless flow and ebb of time

The books are available at a cost
of $10 from the Department of
Community and Cultural Affairs.
The Board of the African Diaspo-
ra Heritage Trail Bermuda Foun-
dation are proud to announce
that two of our Directors: Dr.
Kim Dismont Robinson and Mrs.
Florenz Maxwell are authors
included in this years Bermuda
Anthology of Memoir and Crea-
tive Non-Fiction. The title of this
book is Take This Journey With
Me.
The book was launched by the
Department of Community and
Cultural Affairs at the Bermuda
Society of Arts on Thursday 15th
May.
Of special note is the fact that
the book was edited by award
winning author Ms Rachel Man-
ley. Ms Manley is the daughter of
Michael Manley and Jacqueline
Kamelard-Gill. Michael Manley
was the charismatic leader who
served as Jamaicas Prime Min-
ister for two terms: from 1972-
1980 and again from 1987-1992.
Ms Manley is an author in her
own right having written a non-
fiction trilogy: Drumblair, Slip-
stream and Horses in her Hair.
Pictured to the right is our own
Mrs. Maxwell, Dr. Dismont
Robinson and Ms Manley.
Mrs. Maxwells contribution to
the anthology is titled: As We
Forgive Those; while Dr. Dis-
mont Robinsons contribution is
titled The Handover.
Of the stories in the anthology,
Ms Manley says ..this is a Caribbe-
an experiencethe coming and
going of water and people, the
tendency to migrate and return, the
The first quarter of 2014 was a
busy time for the ADHT.
February 6th Feb we host-
ed 10 members from the Seniors
Learning Centre from the Ber-
muda College on a tour of North
Hamilton. This tour focuses on
sites of memory that showcase
the entrepreneurial spirit of Afri-
can Bermudians in the late 1700s
to the early 1900s.
On 20 & 21st February we
were waving the ADHT flag in
the Charity Zone at the Caldwell
Banker Home Show. We had
lots of people come by and dis-
cover some of the ADHT sites of
memory on our Name the Sites
game.
Also on 21st February our
ADHT guide, Ms Grace Rawlins,
conducted the Square to Square
tour for 23 member of the Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority as a part of
their Black History Month activi-
ties.
Marchwe hosted our annual
signature event, The Internation-
al Day of Remembrance 23rd
29th March went very well.
This was a week of activities
starting with the Annual Church
Service at Cobbs Hill Methodist
and ending with the Celebrity
Football Game at Somerset
Cricket Club. Check our website
for further info on this:
www.adht.bm
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ADHT EVENTS!!
ADHT Directors Contribute to Bermuda Anthology

A D H T N E W S L E T T E R M A Y 2 0 1 4
I N THI S I SSUE:
Square to Square Tour
for CJEI participants
Launch of Take This
Journey With Me An-
thology

ADHT
Sites of
Memory

Whats the name of
this site and in which
parish is it located?
Use the clues below
to guess the name of
this issues featured
ADHT site.
I am located in
the City of Hamil-
ton.
I was one of the
frst apartment-
style buildings in
Bermuda.
I was built by a
family that was
known for its in-
terest educaton.
I was built more
than 100 years
ago and I am stll
housing families.

Email answer to:
maxine@adht.bm
Whats Happening with the ADHT

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The forces that unite us are
intrinsic and greater than the
superimposed influences that
keep us apart.
Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was born on
September 21, 1909, in
Nkroful, Gold Coast (now
Ghana), and shepherded the
country in its struggle for
independence from Great
Britain. He went on to be
named life president of both
the nation and his politic
party, until the army and
police in Ghana seized power
in 1966 and he found asylum
in Guinea.
Interesting Facts about Africa
CJEI attendees and the S2S Tour
The above heading refers to
the Square to Square tour
which the ADHT conducted
with the spouses of the at-
tendees at this years Com-
monwealth Judicial Educa-
tion Institute held in Ber-
muda.
While the CJEI delegates
were in meetings on Tues-
day 13th May 2014, their
spouses were treated to a
tour of the ADHT sites of
memory in St. Georges.
Ms Grace Rawlins, who is
an official ADHT tour
guide, took the group of 12
on the Square to Square
tour which takes partici-
pants from Kings Square
to Pilot Darrell by explor-
ing some of the sites of
memory that speak to the
African Bermudian experi-
ence in the history of St.
Georges.
Africa is where human beings first appeared on the earth is is the home of the world's first great civilization,
Egypt, which dated back to 3300 BC.P
People of Africa: The African continent has the second largest population in the world, at least one billion
people. Well over 1000 languages are spoken by the people of Africa. Some estimates put this number closer
to 2000. The largest religion in Africa is Islam, followed by Christianity. As of 2009 the African population is
approximately 14.72% of the worlds population. The oldest
human remains ever discovered were found in Ethiopia. They
are approximately 200,000 years old.
Africas Landforms: The Nile, the longest river in Africa, is
4,132miles and is also the longest river in the world. Africa has
the worlds largest desert, the Sahara, which is almost the size of
the United States. Victoria Falls, the largest waterfall in Africa is
355 feet high and one mile wide. Mount Kilimanjaro is the larg-
est on the African continent. It is over 19,300 feet high, which
is so tall that glaciers can be found on its summit even though the
mountain is near the equator. Madagascar is the largest island in
Africa and the 4th largest island in the world. It is in the Indian
Ocean off the East coast of Africa.
Africa the Continent: Africa is the 2nd largest continent on
earth, approximately 11.7millions square miles. Africa straddles the equator and is the only continent to ex-
tend from the northern temperate zone to the southern temperate zone. Africa is the hottest continent on
earth.. Sudan is Africas largest countryit is 968,000 square miles. Africa covers 6% of the earths total sur-
face and 20.4% of the total land area. Cairo, Egypt is the continents largest city. Long before humans were
around, Africa was joined to the other continents in a massive continent call Pangaea. Over millions of years
ago this huge continent broke apart shaping the world landscape as we know it today.
Africas Animals: The worlds largest land animal is the African elephant. The worlds tallest animal is the
African giraffe. The fastest land animal in the world is the African cheetah. The worlds largest reptile is the
Nile crocodile. The worlds largest primate is the gorilla, found in the jungles of Africa.

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