{"id":26839,"date":"2025-03-11T13:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26839"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:31:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:31:16","slug":"acda-hosts-african-history-month-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/acda-hosts-african-history-month-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDA Hosts African History Month Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Marlena Willie<\/em><br><em>February 11, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GEORGETOWN, GUYANA \u2013 The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) is celebrating African History Month this February with an exhibition at its head office in Thomas Lands, Georgetown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition highlights African contributions to nation-building and promotes awareness of African culture in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the early 1990s, ACDA has been commemorating African History Month as part of a broader effort to recognize the historical achievements of people of African descent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Black History Month originated in the United States, the observance has expanded globally, including in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the celebration, ACDA has been conducting outreach programs in African communities, schools, and organizations to share historical insights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The association\u2019s Centre of Learning and Afro-Centric Orientation (COLAACO) also integrates African history into its curriculum, ensuring students learn about the contributions of their African ancestors alongside the standard education syllabus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The African History Month exhibition is open to the public on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on weekends from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition will run until Friday, February 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marlena WillieFebruary 11, 2025 GEORGETOWN, GUYANA \u2013 The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) is celebrating African History Month this February with an exhibition at its head office in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news","category-one-guyana"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26839","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=26839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26841,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26839\/revisions\/26841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}