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VI: Reflecting, Preparing & Positioning for the Future
Edgar Leonard
The Sankofa (word from the Akan tribe in Ghana) bird, a mythical African bird, flies forward while looking backward. Visually and symbolically, its posture signifies reflecting and understanding the past and preparing for the present while positioning for the future collectively.
‘Our festival celebrations have been reduced to just a jump up’- Dr Wheatley
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says he has taken offence by some persons suggesting that the 2020 Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival should be cancelled because there would not be too much of revelry.
VIslanders reflect on what Territory Days means to them
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – ‘A Territorial Awakening: Resilience in a Time of Challenge and Change’ is the theme of this year’s Territory Day celebrations. This will be held on Friday June 30, 2017 at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park in Road Town from 9:30 AM.
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