00:00Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee, Zakia Uzuma-Wadada, says this year's observance is not simply a celebration of freedom,
00:11but a call to advance the social, cultural and economic development of the African community.
00:18Our worldview cannot be continued through colonial lens. We cannot see governance through colonial lens. We cannot see national security
00:26and business and trade through a colonial, continue to do that through a colonial lens, because then we would not
00:31be making the kind of paradigm shift that we need to make with respect to human development at this time.
00:37Held under the theme, Igniting African Consciousness, Dismantling Colonial Legacies, Wadada tells the morning edition, meaningful progress requires breaking free
00:49from inherited colonial mindsets and embracing a stronger sense of identity and purpose.
00:56We understand emancipation as a process, and the focus in that journey right now is decolonization and reparations, you know,
01:10and they are both intertwined, you know, because there can be no reparations without decolonization.
01:19She is encouraging the public to take part in this year's activities, describing them as an opportunity, not only to
01:26celebrate African heritage, but to honor the resilience, sacrifice and enduring legacy of those whose struggle for freedom made the
01:36observance possible.
01:37One of the major elements of the commemoration of emancipation is remembering our ancestors and their struggles and their sacrifices
01:47that have given us some level, led us to this point in our emancipation process.
01:53Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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