15th Annual Montgomery MAAFA Commemoration
Commemoration Order of Program
1). Line up for Processional at 10:00am to 10:30am Processional meeting area address is 1 Commerce St Montgomery AL 36104
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Processional Leaves Slave Market Site
Walks down Commerce St with stops at two additional historical markers
10:50 AM
Processional goes through the tunnel and end at the Gazebo on the left
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Commemoration Activities begin
Processional ️Libations ️African Drumming Reading of Proclamation ️Candle Lighting Ceremony ️Flower Dedication Village Talk
Attire will be to dress comfortably in all white for this occasion. Attendees will, through ceremonial libations, acknowledge and pay homage to enslaved Africans brought westward by way of the Transatlantic slave trade. The term MAAFA (pronounced MAH-AH-FA) is a Kiswahili word for “great calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy or terrible occurrence”. Numbers greater than 100 million enslaved Africans lost their lives during a period of history known as the Middle Passage and following the voyage from Africa to America millions were enslaved for over 400 years. The term was introduced into scholarship by Dr. Marimba Ani in her book “Let The Circle Be Unbroken” in her analysis of the Middle Passage. Other alternative terms used are African Holocaust, Holocaust of Enslavement or Black Holocaust. All of which collectively describe the history, effects, and legacy of various atrocities on enslaved African people.
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