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Wiki Caribbean Festival Sept 26, 2:30-5 PM EDT/ 18:0 – 21:00 UTC

26 September 2021 @ 18:30 21:00 UTC+0

Celebration of the Caribbean in Wikimedia and the Wikiverse. This year’s focus: Haiti!

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedians_of_the_Caribbean_User_Group/WikiCari_Festival_2021

Streaming on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkw4Iwv2Nv0 hosted by Wikipedia Weekly and Wiki Caribbean in partnership with AfroCROWD and Wiki Conference North America.

Special guests include:

  • NYU Professor Wynnie Lamour, founder and managing director of the Haitian Creole Institute of New York
  • Haitian vocalist / percussionist Okai Music
  • Haitian American actor/director Bechir Sylvain
  • Amilcar Priestley, co-director of the Afro-Latino Festival and director of the Afro-Latino Project