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Africa

13/11/2011 21:43
Africa is the second largest continent in the world, being smaller only than Asia.  lt is about 11.7 million square miles in extent, i.e. about three times the size of Europe, and covers about one fifth of the total land space in the world.  Its population currently (2006) is estimated at about 890 million, which is about l3.7% of the overall world total. Africa can therefore be described as relatively underpopulated. This is largely because the great Sahara desert (about 3.5...

20th Century

ABACHA, Sani

ABACHA, Sani
ABACHA, Sani Born in Kano on 20 September 1943, Sani Abacha joined the Nigerian Army and rose all the way to the rank of brigadier by 1980 after having been trained in American, British and Nigerian military schools. He participated in three consecutive military coups d°etat before himself...

ABBOTT, Diane

ABBOTT, Diane
ABBOTT, Diane Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party member of parliament.  She was the first black woman ever elected to the House of Commons and remained the only one until she was joined in 1997 by Oona King (who lost her seat in the general election of 2005). Born on 27 September...

ABIOLA, Moshood

ABIOLA, Moshood
ABIOLA, Moshood One of the wealthiest magnates in African history Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola was born in Abeokuta on 24 August 1937.  A scholarship took him to Scotland where he studied accounting at the University of Glasgow and returned to serve as an accountant for ITT Nigeria in...

ABRAHAMS, Peter

ABRAHAMS, Peter
ABRAHAMS, Peter Peter Lee Abrahams was born at Vrededorp, near Johannesburg in South Africa, 19 March 1919.  He became an outstanding novelist, short-story writer and journalist.  After attending St Peter’s Secondary School in Johannesburg, he emigrated to England in 1939 and worked...

ABUBAKAR III

ABUBAKAR III
ABUBAKAR III Born in Sokoto, Nigeria, on 15 March 1903, Abubakar III became one of the most famous of all modern African religious leaders.  By the time of his death on 1 November 1988, he had become the spiritual leader of an estimated 50 million Muslims in Nigeria and its neighbourhood....

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19th Century

ABBOTT, Anderson

ABBOTT, Anderson
ABBOTT, Anderson Dr Anderson Rufin Abbott, the son of a successful businessman, was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1837. Educated at Toronto Academy and Oberlin College in Ohio, he proceeded to study medicine at the University of Toronto from which he obtained his degree in 1861. He was the first...

ACQUAAH, Gaddiel

ACQUAAH, Gaddiel
  ACQUAAH, Gaddiel A Methodist educator and scholar, who played a major role in the translation of the Christian Bible into the Fante language, Revd Gaddiel Acquaah was born at Anomabu in 1884 in the Gold Coast (later known as Ghana).  Himself the son of a Methodist minister, he...

ADAMS, Grantley

ADAMS, Grantley
ADAMS, Grantley Born in Barbados on 28 April 1898, the Rt Excellent Sir Grantley Herbert Adams was the first and only prime minister of the British West Indian Federation which collapsed after only four years (1958-62). Educated at Harrison College, Barbados, and the University of Oxford,...

ADJETEY Cornelius

ADJETEY Cornelius
  ADJETEY Cornelius Cornelius Frederick Adjetey was the first Ghanaian martyr to the cause of national independence. He was killed when British troops opened fire on a peaceful demonstration - an event that hastened the British withdrawal from the Gold Coast, as it was then called....

AGGREY, J.E.K.

AGGREY, J.E.K.
  AGGREY, J.E.K.  Dr ]ames Emman Kwegyir Aggrey, whose wise sayings are still quoted as proverbs in Ghana, was a pioneer of higher education for Africans. Born at Anomabu, just east of Cape Coast, on 18 October 1875, this son of a king’s chief counsellor, was sent to the Cape Coast...

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18th Century

MAHOMED, Sake Dean

MAHOMED, Sake Dean
  MAHOMED, Sake Dean Culture At the age of 11, Mahomed joined the East India Company Army and rose to the rank of captain. He served as a trainee surgeon and fought in a number of campaigns until 1782 when he resigned from the army, arriving in Britain two years later. Whilst staying...

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Memorial

PURPOSE

l. To create a permanent memorial to remember and honour the millions of unnamed enslaved Africans and their descendants whose enforced labour contributed to laying the foundations of the Industrial Revolution and the legacy of economic prosperity from which Britain continues to benefit to this day.

 

2. To create an educational resource to educate and inform visitors in the memorial.

 

LOCATION

The Memorial sculpture is to be sited in the Rose Garden of London Hyde Park in a bespoke memorial garden.

 

COST

Memorial 2007 is seeking to raise £l.5 million.

This will help to pay for the cost of the main bronze sculpture and a scaled down version for tactile appreciation by the visually impaired, landscaping of the site and the creation of a quiet garden area, comprising seating and African flora as an `oasis of remembrance’.

An endowment fund will be established for the future maintenance of the sculpture and the site.

 

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HOW TO MAKE A DONATION

We thank you in anticipation for your support and gift towards this ground breaking memorial, the the first to be erected in any major nation’s capital city – Hyde Park, London.

Cheques should be made payable to Memorial 2007 and sent to:

Memorial 2007, c/o Voluntary Action Westminster, 37, Chapel Street, London NW1 5DP

(In the interest of security please do not send cash in the post)

 

OR

You can support the project on a regular basis by setting up a standing order. No amount is too small as every £ is important to making the project a reality

 

Please contact Memorial 2007 for details:   Email: info@memorial2007.org.uk