Kamina Johnson Smith | Atlantic Ocean no barrier to Africa-Caribbean ties

Jamaica proudly joins our brothers and sisters across Africa and the Caribbean in commemorating Africa‑CARICOM Day 2026, celebrating the ties of kinship and common purpose that unite our regions.

The decision to commemorate this day was taken at the Inaugural Africa‑CARICOM Summit in 2021, in furtherance of the much earlier formal recognition by the African Union of its Diaspora as the sixth region of Africa.

This observance reflects our shared determination to give modern expression to our ancestral bonds through deeper political and economic cooperation and stronger people to people ties.