Preamble: This day October 12, 1969, we, the officers of the Peoples Action Committee (PAC) and the United Black Association for Development (UBAD) come together to formulate a single historical document of our beliefs, objectives and programs which will give birth to one national movement of liberation. Download Book
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conversations for a community record Download Book
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This book was developed by the UBAD Educational Foundation + The Image Factory Art Foundation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of what we are calling the 1919 Revolution, when Black Ex-Servicemen and Belize townspeople rose up in rebellion on 22nd and 23rd of July, 1919 to protest racism, lack of land, jobs and inequality. It
“Latta Pichaz” is sectioned into three distinct chronological parts: The Early Period 1895-1950, The Middle Period 1950-1981, and The Contemporary Period 1981-2005. This is done to provide a basic framework to the broad considerations of the history and the photographic technology during these periods. In total some five hundred images are displayed in “Latta Pichaz.”
As part of the Imagination Factory’s 30th anniversary (1995–2025), we are launching several projects, including the Said Musa Archival Project. On June 18, 2024, lightning struck and burned down the two-story National Archives of Barbados. In this age of AI, it is unacceptable that Belize has made super urgent the digitalization of its cultural, political,
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I went with my friend and writer Rick Moguel to visit Jesus Ken in Succotz, Cayo. It was an immersive experience. I remember thinking of those St. John’s College students who staged, for a history project, a cañero rebellion in the context of the moment we call in Belize, the Cañeros Movement . All the
This collection of letters offers a window into the mind and actions of George Cadle Price, the Father of the Nation and a Belizean National Hero. Born on 15 January 1919, Price dedicated his life to leading the country from colonial rule to self-government and independence. Price’s life was marked by a deep commitment to
Dr. Ángel Cal is one of Belize’s foremost historians and educators. He has interrogated, investigated, and published various works on the impact of the Caste War on Belize. Dr. Cal has also analysed other topics in Belizean history to inform Belizean consciousness and open more arenas for research. In this book, “English Reports on the
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The road to Independence generally followed the course taken by other British colonies in the Caribbean up to the early 1960’s, but since then it has been distorted by a peculiar circumstance, the unfounded claim of Guatemala to the territory of Belize -a claim that has bred national disunity and seriously warped the political, social
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The in-depth questioning of colonial narratives has continually yielded the names of new heroes in the emerging decolonized space, such as the case of Maximo Perez, whose actions were down played by British narratives as those of a Maya rebel. Oral accounts are now presenting a new view into the history of San Jose Nuevo
