{"id":21723,"date":"2024-08-27T18:29:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21723"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:29:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:29:59","slug":"apad-hosts-first-emancipation-celebration-and-expo-to-promote-african-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/apad-hosts-first-emancipation-celebration-and-expo-to-promote-african-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"APAD Hosts First Emancipation Celebration and Expo to Promote African Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Association of People of African Descent (APAD) is taking steps to boost Guyanese participation in Emancipation celebrations with its first-ever event at the Sophia Exhibition Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The celebration, aimed at fostering sustainable growth and development of African heritage and culture, was well received by participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ruackal Easton, CEO of APAD, highlighted the need for a stronger connection to African culture, emphasizing that the event was a platform to showcase it not only locally but to the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He hopes this initiative will inspire more active engagement in future Emancipation activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibitors at the event expressed their excitement about participating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mawazo Porte of Guyana Market Incorporated mentioned the unique variety of traditional African foods on offer, such as coconut biscuits, which were met with enthusiasm by attendees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fay Greaves of Jofa Products reflected on how the celebration allowed her to reconnect with the cultural experiences of her childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evening\u2019s entertainment will include performances by popular artistes such as Warrior King and First Born, alongside other cultural showcases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick The Association of People of African Descent (APAD) is taking steps to boost Guyanese participation in Emancipation celebrations with its first-ever event at the Sophia Exhibition Center.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21725,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21723\/revisions\/21725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}