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International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Celebrated Through Music

22 March 2013

The United Nations celebrates the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade with music, dance and video. With the theme "Forever Free: Celebrating Emancipation," the event featured performers of jazz, rock and roll, hip-hop and reggae from Africa, the Caribbean and the United States.
The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre), his wife Yoo Soon-taek (on the right) and Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal (far left), Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, and the master of ceremonies, meet with various performers.

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