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Steelpan Musicians Honor the Ancestors of the Middle Passage at Tribute in Coney Island

Posted by When Steel Talks on June 15, 2009 at 11:30am

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With the backdrop of the world-renowned Coney Island historical landmarks on one side, and the Atlantic Ocean on the other - the 20th Annual Tribute to the Ancestors of the Middle Passage was held on the famous boardwalk from twelve noon to sunset this past second Saturday in June. The event highlights one of the single most horrific episodes ever in the history of mankind. It is estimated that some 100 million people from Africa were lost at the bottom of the Atlantic in the brutal kidnapping and inhumane slave journey to the Americas know as “the Middle Passage.” click for full story http://www.panonthenet.com/news/2009/june/ancestors-6-13-09.htm

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