Honoring the ancestors //
Janine Bell of the Elegba Folklore Society and organizer of Richmond’s annual Juneteenth celebration leads the ceremony honoring African ancestors last Sunday at the African Burial Ground in Shockoe Bottom. More than 50 people attended the final event of “Juneteenth 2017, A Freedom Celebration.” The three-day event included a talk by noted cultural historian and Egyptologist Anthony T. Browder last Friday and a Backyard Party at Manchester Dock last Saturday, with panel discussions aimed at young people to learn the history of enslaved people in America and the “prequel” in Africa with thousands of years of history and culture.
