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NEW ORLEANS\u2014As the Crescent City nears its 300-year anniversary in 2018, one arts institution is preparing to honor not just the city\u2019s past, but all the Africans who died during the Transatlantic Slave Trade.<\/p>\n
Ash\u00e9 Cultural Arts Center, a nearly 20-year-old arts-based institution located in New Orleans\u2019 Central City area, is kicking off its celebration of the tricentennial with this year\u2019s Maafa commemoration, \u201cA Prelude to the Tri-centennial,\u201d at Congo Square in Armstrong Park on July 1.<\/p>\n
Maafa, a Kiswahili word meaning \u201cgreat tragedy\u201d or \u201chorrific tragedy,\u201d and a reference to the Middle Passage or Transatlantic Slave Trade, will pay tribute to the scores of African captives who were enslaved and brought to the Americas to be used as a labor force. African slaves arrived in Americas in 1719.<\/p>\n
Tiana Hunt: Interviewer @TianaTaughtYa<\/p>\n
Darrell Larome: Director & Editor @Darrell.Larome<\/p>\n
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