Emancipation Day Should Highlight Shared History, Says Professor Selwyn Cudjoe
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August 5, 2026
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Emancipation Day should not be about focusing on our differences.
This from Executive Chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of Trinidad and Tobago, Professor Selwyn Cudjoe, ORTT.
“Criticisms which speak to our differences rather than our commonalities. I would think a day like this, Emancipation Day, should speak of our common sufferings that we all have been through. Both in terms of Emancipation and to some degree, indentureship. So it’s unfortunate that we had to go down that road.”
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