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JUNE 23, 2023 QUAO DAY

Programme
The battle at the Spanish River is legendary and it is absolute need to overcome an enemy so as to rescue
known that the victory of the maroons, led by Capt. the sovereignty and sovereign rights of them and their
Quao, over British Lieutenant George Concannon and descendants. They knew that some would not live to
his well-armed, fortified and provisioned soldiers, was a tell the tale, yet they fought. They knew that others
masterpiece of military precision from beginning to would come who would need the positive outcomes
end. A brilliant exhibition of the art of guerilla warfare, from this war and so they fought. Steeped in their
it completely destroyed the confidence of the commitment to a greater good and the strength of
colonizers as they were beaten and sent home with community, they fought. They won.
their tails between their legs.
In the very place of the Battle where our ancestors
Meet us there again this year to remember and sealed the victory of justice over injustice, let us gather
celebrate the courage, resilience, persistence, to talk about them...and us. How are our ways, means,
perseverance, clarity of purpose, spirituality and life practices, ideas, actions etc. winning battles against
of those we now greet as ancestors. To give praise to injustice in our daily lives, How are we living the lives
the intelligence, genius, foresight with which they they fought for us to have? Are we continuing to
approached a war and their keen understanding of the evolve the future they envisioned? If not….why not?

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Spanish River Cove, Spring Garden Road

Blowing of the Abeng Capt. Rodney Rose
Charles Town Maroon Community

Drumming Charles Town Maroon Drummers and Dancers

Akwaaba Actg. Col. Marcia ‘Kim’ Douglas
Charles Town Maroon Community

Libation Okomfo Fofie, Sankofie

Reconciliation: Justice, Healing, Unity

Quao Warrior Songs Charles Town Maroon Drummers and Dancers

Ritual

Ancestral Prayer
I pray for the spirit of my ancestors that they may find rest...That they may find peace
I pray for the spirit of my ancestors that they may find comfort... That they may find joy
I pray for the spirit of my ancestors that we may find each other...That I may find life
I pray for the spirit of my ancestors that they may find family...That we may find home

Drumming Charles Town Maroon Drummers and Dancers

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch

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