Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance

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JOIN US: 30th Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance - Saturday June 12, 2027
Fort Moultrie - Sullivan's Island, South Carolina #GetInvolved

27th Annual Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance to be held JUNE 8th, 2024

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Join Us next year .. We had a great turnout for our 26th year .. program description below! #TellAFriend #GetInvolved

REMEMBRANCE COMMEMORATION 2024
Charleston, South Carolina

On Saturday June 8, 2024 from 9:00am – 1:00pm EST, the Charleston Area Branch Association for the Study of African American Life and Histor

y (ASALH) Remembrance Committee hosts REMEMBRANCE COMMEMORATION 2024

The Libation Ceremony at 12:00 Noon EST, officiated by Yoruba Priestess OsunWonuola EfunLayo pays homage to African Ancestors. The annual commemoration provides an opportunity for members of the African-descended community to collectively remember the millions of Africans -- men, women, and children, who were sold, kidnapped, shipped away from their homeland, and who died along the route from Africa to the Americas. By remembering, we honor and restore the humanity of the nameless faceless Ancestors, disrupt the collective amnesia, and continue the process of healing from the fear, pain, guilt and shame of the experience that continues to traumatize the African descended community. Additionally, we seek the restoration of cultural identity, dignity and pride. REMEMBRANCE programs (aka Tribute to the Ancestors) are conducted in various National and International locations. All people of African heritage are strongly encouraged participate. For information visit our page. IF WE DON’T REMEMBER AND HONOR THEM – WHO WILL! Join us Saturday June 8, 2024, 9:00 am - 1:00pm at Fort Moultrie. Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance
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REMEMBRANCE Inspiration: “All those Africans in the briny deep. All those people who said ‘no’ and jumped ship. All those people who tried to figure a way to steer, to navigate amongst the sharks. We don’t call upon that power… upon those spirits. We don’t celebrate those ancestors. We don’t have a marker, an expression, a song that we use to acknowledge them. We have nothing to indicate that those are our people and they mattered … we don’t tap into the ancestral presence in the waters.” ––Toni Cade Bambara (1987)

“Spirit of the Dead, rise up and claim your story.” ––Introduction to the film “Sankofa” (1993)

“If the Atlantic were to dry up, it would reveal a scattered pathway of human bones, African bones marking the various routes of the Middle Passage.” ––Dr. John Henrik Clarke’s introduction to “The Middle Passage: Black Ships/White Cargo” by Tom Feelings (1995)

The Charleston Remembrance Program is a sponsored by:
Charleston Branch ASALH Remembrance Committee

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CAMEROON!!

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Dat other camera - 29th Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance ... the one where the images may shake because there were drums playin', hands clappin' and dancin' goin' on!!

06/16/2026

Community View - Mama Ifetayo White offered the libation for our 29th Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance 6.13.26

06/16/2026

Community view ... Gloria Jenkins recites ..... Oath To Our Ancestors at the 29th Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance

Written by our Chief Elder Dr. Ray Hagins (Sa Ra Ankhotep Maakheru Setep En Ra)
O Ancestors! Blacker than a thousand midnights.
Afrikan Ancestors! It is to YOU that we, your children, give respect and honor.
O Ancestors! We call upon YOU and welcome you in this place
Afrikan Ancestors! Let your presence fill this place.
O Ancestors! Who have been purposely excluded from the history books,
so that the world would not know of your greatness
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave civilization to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the arts to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave music to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the sciences to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave mathematics to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave medicine to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave literature to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave philosophy to the world
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave God consciousness to the world
O Ancestors! We thank you for devoting your life to make a future for us, your children, grand children, and great grandchildren.
Now, stand with us; strengthen us; guide us; teach us, and protect us from the snare of our enemies!
Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and let our enemies be scattered!
And give us the wisdom and the boldness to deal with our oppressors and those who would hinder the liberation and empowerment of our people.
Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and live in us.
And we will not fail to honor you;
We will not fail to respect you;
We will not fail to hear you,
And we will NOT betray you.
Ase`, Ase`, Ase`- O
https://theafrikanvillage.org/oath-to-ancestors

06/16/2026

Mama Ifetayo White offered the libation for our 29th Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance Community Gathering by the shore 6.13.26

06/16/2026

Want to know more? Visit Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance youtube channel ... documenting since 2013

Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance June 13, 2026 Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island 29th annual Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance honoring our Ancestors who perished during the "Middle Passage," and "showing the presence of the Ancestors in our lives. www.remembertheancestors.com The Middle Passage refers to the part of the African...

06/16/2026

Gloria Jenkins recites ..... Oath To Our Ancestors at the 29th Charleston Middle Passage Remembrance

Written by our Chief Elder Dr. Ray Hagins (Sa Ra Ankhotep Maakheru Setep En Ra)

O Ancestors! Blacker than a thousand midnights.

Afrikan Ancestors! It is to YOU that we, your children, give respect and honor.

O Ancestors! We call upon YOU and welcome you in this place

Afrikan Ancestors! Let your presence fill this place.

O Ancestors! Who have been purposely excluded from the history books,
so that the world would not know of your greatness

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave civilization to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the arts to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave music to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the sciences to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave mathematics to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave medicine to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave literature to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave philosophy to the world

Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave God consciousness to the world

O Ancestors! We thank you for devoting your life to make a future for us, your children, grand children, and great grandchildren.

Now, stand with us; strengthen us; guide us; teach us, and protect us from the snare of our enemies!

Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and let our enemies be scattered!

And give us the wisdom and the boldness to deal with our oppressors and those who would hinder the liberation and empowerment of our people.

Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and live in us.
And we will not fail to honor you;
We will not fail to respect you;
We will not fail to hear you,
And we will NOT betray you.

Ase`, Ase`, Ase`- O

https://theafrikanvillage.org/oath-to-ancestors

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