"Slave Routes: A Global Vision" (2nd excerpt)
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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 26 March 2010 - This documentary has been produced by the UNESCO Slave Route Project. It was shown during the 3rd Annual Student Video Conference on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its legacy at UN Headquarters in New York. This excerpt reveals the positive, extensive contributions of enslaved Africans to the culture and the economies of the Americas. Following the showing of the documentary an interactive dialogue between students in the USA, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean took place. Theme: Expressing Our Freedom Through Culture. View the entire Student Conference (Real Media, 2 hours and 56 minutes): http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/ondemand/specialevents/2010/se100326am.rm International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade website: http://www.un.org/en/events/slaveryremembranceday/
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