THE 10TH EDITION OF THE PAN-AFRICAN HISTORIC THEATRE FESTIVAL (PANAFEST) AND EMANCIPATION.THESE AUSPICIOUS EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE FROM 26TH JULY TO 3RD AUGUST , 2013 IN THE HISTORIC TOWNSHIPS OF CAPE COAST, ELMINA, ASSIN MANSO AND THE CITY OF ACCRA. PANAFEST IS A LANDMARK FESTIVAL WHICH ADDRESSES THE MOST TRAUMATIC INTERRUPTION THAT EVER OCURRED IN THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF AFRICAN SOCIETIES WHICH AMONG OTHER TRAUMAS PROFOUNDLY ERODED THE SELF CONFIDENCE AND FREEDOM OF A WHOLE PEOPLE. THE FESTIVAL CONSCIOUSLY MAKES THE MOST PROMINENT EUROPEAN EDIFICES, THROUGH WHICH THE SLAVE TRADE WAS CONDUCTED,SITES FOR CONFRONTING THE EFFECTS OF ENSLAVEMENT,PURGING THE PAIN OF DIASPORA AND FORGING A POSITIVE FUTURE IN THE CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT. PANAFEST AND EMANCIPATION DAY ARE THIS YEAR HIGHLIGHTING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY/AFRICAN UNION. THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF DR. W.E.B DUBOIS AND THE 15OTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.GHANA IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH ENTIRE MOMENTOUS EVENT.THE AU HAS RECOGNISED THE PANAFEST AND GONE FURTHER TO SELECT GHANA AS THE HOST FOR A HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON PAN-AFRICANISM AND THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE TO BE HELD AS PART OF THE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.
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