National Joint Action Committee, NJAC

The Caribbean Historical Society (CHS) was founded by the National Joint Action Committee in 1982. From its inception, the major objective of the CHS was to document and disseminate the History and Culture of the people of the Caribbean.
Over the past years, the CHS has achieved some measure of success in this regard. It has, among other things, published books such as The Life and Times of Tubal Uriah “Buzz” Butler; Gene Miles, A National Heroine; Joy Comes in the Morning (about the Spiritual Baptists) and the Story of Emancipation...

To have merely conceived of the idea to Internationalise Emancipation Day as a global annual event and coming as we have from such a small nation in the Caribbean, is in itself testimony to the capacity of the human spirit, to transcend all boundaries placed on its existence. Ours is a labour of love...

Internationalisation of Emancipation Day Booklet

Since 1982, the CHS has been commemorating African Liberation Day in the form of a dinner. May 25th 1963 is the day on which the newly independent states on the African continent came together and established the Organisation of African Unity...

Nyahuma Obika
Servant Director
Caribbean Historical Society