The
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights coordinated activities surrounding the Year, and encouraged other parties, both UN agencies as well as member states, to carry out similar initiatives. • February:
Islands as Crossroads: Sustaining Cultural Diversity in Small Island Developing States (publication) • February 4–24: Exhibition on Arts and Poetry by artist Hilda Zagaglia, Alta Garcia,
Argentina • February 28–March 3: Meeting of the International Scientific Committee of the
UNESCO Slave Route Project,
Bogotá • March 21–23: SEPHIS Workshop "Equity, Justice, Development: People of African Descent in Latin America in comparative Perspective",
University of Cartagena, Colombia • April: Launching of the international Year for People of African Descent in
Brazil, UNESCO
Brasília • May 4–11: Black International Cinema Festival, Fountainhead Tanz Theatre,
Berlin, Germany • May 10: Commemorating the Slave Trade and Slavery as a Crime against Humanity, France • June 6–12: Afro-Brazilian Arts and Cultural Heritage Festival,
Washington, D.C., United States • July 4–15: Harriet Tubman Student Summer Programme on "Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies",
York University, Toronto, Canada • August 11–13: Pan-African Women's Action Summit,
Minneapolis Community and Technical College,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US • August 23:
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition •
Angola: Conference "Escravos angolanos povoaram tambem as Antilhas Neerlandesas" ("Angolan slaves also populated the
Netherlands Antilles"), organized by the Eduardo dos Santos Foundation, at the
Agostinho Neto University in
Luanda •
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Workshop on achievements of the Slave Route Project in the DRC, with presentation of
The Slave Trade, Slavery and Colonial Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (published 2010) •
Ghana: Workshop on the slave trade for educators from three regions of the world,
Accra •
Grenada: exhibition and commemorative activities organized by National Commission for UNESCO and the National Museum of Grenada,
St. George's •
Madagascar: screening of the documentary
Slave Routes: A Global Vision, at the
University of Antananarivo •
Saint Kitts and Nevis: launch of the activities of the national committee for the Slave Route Project •
Senegal: Panel discussion, painting and photo exhibition, cultural and artistic activities at the Joseph Ndiaye Socio-cultural Centre,
Gorée •
United Kingdom: Commemoration at the
National Maritime Museum,
London • September 22–24: 7th International African Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference, World Trade and Convention Centre,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada • October:
Boscoe Holder exhibition at the Upper Room Art Gallery at Top of the Mount,
Mount Saint Benedict,
St Augustine, Trinidad • October 20: Panel discussion "The Causes and Consequences of Racism",
Eastern Michigan University,
Ypsilanti, Michigan, US • October 29: Celebration of the International Year for People of African Descent and Promotion of the General History of Africa, UNESCO,
Paris • November 2 (–June 24, 2012): Itinerant photographic exhibition:
Women in Africa - No Color One Color, Italian Institute of Culture,
Nairobi, Kenya; Sheraton Hotel,
Milan Malpensa Airport, Italy; and other venues • November 9: Celebration – International Year for People of African Descent; Africa, Mère de tous les peuples.
Palais des Nations,
Geneva, Switzerland. On the occasion of the International Year for People of African Descent. • Brazil-Africa: Crossed Histories Programme in the 36th UNESCO General Conference ==See also==