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Martinique, Guadeloupe: Emancipation Celebrations

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 @ 13:26 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Martinique, Guadeloupe
Topics:: Economics, History, Racism
Languages:: English

The French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe will soon be commemorating the anniversary of the abolition of slavery, according to Repeating Islands.

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[...] Creole] reveals much more about this crucial date, echoing this post from the Caribbean bloggers at Repeating Islands: 27 Mé an péyi an nou, on jou a mémwa, on jou otila pèp Gwadloup ka chonjé konba a Ignas, [...]

# 2009-05-28 at 15:55 pm

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