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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

ANTHONY, Michael

ANTHONY, Michael
Michael Anthony is a noted Trinidadian author and journalist. Born in Mayaro on 10 February 1932, he was educated in his native island before spending 14 years in London, England, where he worked at Reuters.  He returned to Trinidad in 1970 to join the staff of the Ministry of Culture....

ARMATRADING, ]oan

ARMATRADING, ]oan
An outstanding singer guitarist and songwriter, Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading was born in Basseterre, St Kitts, on 9 December 1950 and raised in Birmingham, England. Her uncanny ability to range from folk to pop to rock and jazz and even to reggae had won her two Grammy nominations, 18 gold...

ASAFU-ADJAYE, Edward

ASAFU-ADJAYE, Edward
Sir Edward Okyere Asafu-Adjaye was the very first Asante lawyer. Descended from an Asante royal family; he was born in 1903 and educated at the Kumasi Government Boys’ School before attending the University of London, England, where he won the prestigious Profumo Prize and was called the bar in...

ASAMOA, Erasmus

ASAMOA, Erasmus
Revd Erasmus Awuko Asamoa was an educator and religious leader who advocated the use of African languages in Ghanaian schools.  Born in 1901, he studied at the Presbyterian Training College in Akuporon before attending the Basel Missenhaus in Switzerland.  He proceeded to the University...

AWOLOWO, Obafemi

AWOLOWO, Obafemi
Born at Ijebu-Remo in western Nigeria on 6 March l909, Chief Obafemi Awolowo attended Anglican and Methodist schools in Ikene and Abeokuta before he became a largely self-taught journalist and trader.  He organised the Nigerian Motor Transport Traders Association while he was working as an...

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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