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Emancipation Commemoration Celebrations 2024
July 23 @ 12:00 am - August 1 @ 12:00 am
PROPOSED PROGRAMME
2024 EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION
THEME: ‘UNITY AND RESEILIENCE; BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE’
| DATE | ACTIVITY | VENUE | TIME |
| 23RD JULY 2024 | DURBAR | PIKWORO SLAVE CAMP | 11: 00 AM |
| 24TH JULY 2024 | TRIBUTE TO THE ANCESTORS; WREATH LAYING CEREMONY IN ACCRA
DRESS CODE: BLACK/RED |
W.E.B. DUBOIS CENTRE
GEORGE PADMORE LIBRARY
KWAME NKRUMAH MEMORIAL PARK |
8: 30 AM
9:15.AM
10:00 AM |
| 26TH JULY 2024 | DURBAR OF CHIEFS | ASSIN PRASO | 10:00 AM
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| 31ST JULY 2024 | HEALTH WALK
REVERENTIAL NIGHT CANDLE LIGHT PROCESSION (FROM MFANTSIPIM JUNCTION WREATH LAYING TESTIMONIES/SPOKEN WORDS/DRAMA
ROLL CALL OF ANCESTORS
· READING OF PROCLAMATION DRESS CODE: WHITE |
ELMINA JUNCTION TO ELMINA CASTLE
(EROBICS AT ELMINA CASTLE)
CAPE COAST CASTLE |
5:00 AM
8:00 PM |
| 1ST AUGUST 2024 | · EMANCIPATION DAY DURBAR
· WREATH LAYING ON THE GRAVES OF FORMER ENSLAVED AFRICANS
· VISIT TO NONKO NSUO |
· ASSIN MANSO SCHOOL PARK
· ASSIN MANSO HERITAGE SITE |
10:00 AM |
