Sankofa Pilgrimage · Barbados, May 2024Photo: TABHI ArchiveThe first organised return of Barbadian-Liberian descendants since 1865. PM Mia Mottley delivered an official address. A Barbados–Liberia Visa Waiver Agreement was signed. TABHI established.
Full historical account →"Three Liberian heads of state were of Barbadian descent. This is not a footnote. It is the centre of the story."
TABHI · Heritage Diplomacy ProgrammeFormalising the people-to-people relationship rooted in the 1865 emigration. A direct outcome of TABHI's heritage diplomacy work and the Sankofa Pilgrimage.
500+ Bajan-African descendants return to Barbados. PM Mia Mottley delivers an official address. TABHI established as the institutional anchor of Barbadian-Liberian heritage diplomacy.
Presidents Boakai and Mason convened. A monument unveiled honouring three Liberian leaders of Barbadian descent. Bilateral cooperation formally pledged at head-of-state level.
Liberia's highest state honour conferred on Ambassador Witherspoon. Appointed Special Envoy for Cultural and Heritage Diplomacy — the first such appointment in Barbadian-Liberian bilateral history.
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