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August 2018

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African Holocaust/Slave Trade protest

Trafalgar Square, London, UK. Sat 18 Aug 2018


 

 Niles Hailstones speaks and drums to begin the event

 

 

 'Still I Rise'

 The crowd is fairly thin, but still growing and the event is going to continue for several hours
     
 Glenroy Watson of the Global African Congress and RMT and at, right, Musician and Notting Hill community leader Niles Hailstones

 

 'Nothing Has Changed'
     
 Niles calls out the names of African heroes, pouring a libation after each name

 he invites members of the audience to call out names too, pouring more water onto the ground for each of them

 
     
 Glenroy brings more water

 

 Then there were more speeches

 

 

 

 

 

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