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The world that emerges will be entirely different. In his remarks at the launch, Mr Patterson referenced the COVID-19 pandemic and underscored relevance of the Centre, saying, вЂњThe world we knew no longer exists. We are poised to bring all of this to a sense of rendezvous of victory where we are all placed this day to formally launch the PJ Patterson Centre for African-Caribbean AdvocacyвЂќ Vice-Chancellor Beckles declaredвЂќ. вЂњThe 21st century is going to be about the rekindling and the rebuilding of bridges with the African continent which is a critical part of Caribbean civilisation and has been the basis of our sense of popular identity and so, we have also established centres at the University of Lagos and at the University of Johannesburg.

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He noted that in re-visioning of the 21st Century Caribbean, The UWI has established centres in China, with the Global Institute of Software Technology (GIST) in Canada, the Canada-Caribbean Institute with Brock University and joint programmes for development in the US with the State University of New York, and will soon be establishing a Centre in the European Union that will assist in the post Brexit Caribbean interest in Europe. Jamaica also participated in the attempt to bring down apartheid in Southern Africa, thanks to the leadership of people like PJ Patterson, Michael Manley, Fidel Castro and Dame Nita Barrow-all icons of Caribbean civilisation who participated in the freedom of AfricaвЂќ. But, long before Garvey, Caribbean folks have been talking about liberation and the freedom of Africa and the Caribbean place within it. Vice-Chancellor Beckles added, вЂњ(Jamaica) invested heavily in the liberation of Africa starting with the late Marcus Garvey, laying the foundation for that vision. The world is looking for a new sensibility and certainly the people of the Caribbean are looking for a new relationship with ancestral AfricaвЂќ he asserted. вЂњThe conversations taking place in the world today, point to a need for us as people in the modern world to remove the debilitating features of colonisation, slavery and all the other extractive models that have demonstrated harm to this region over many centuries. вЂњNo Centre in any university could have been more timelyвЂќ said Vice-Chancellor Beckles. Speaking at the launch at the Centre, Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said that the Centre has the blessing of the entire UWI as well as that of the current Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, who has offered his support. He has worked closely with the African Union which appointed him Relevant Caribbean Statesman when it named the diaspora as the Sixth Region of the continent in 2003.

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He was a lead negotiator for the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group during the LomГ© Convention was in charge of external negotiations involving the World Trade Organization, the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Economic Partnership Agreement. Mr Patterson, who served as JamaicaвЂ™s Prime Minister for more than a decade (1992-2005), is well regarded for his commitment to regionalism. The new CentreвЂ™s mandate is to coordinate public policy and advocacy in fostering development relations between the Caribbean and Africa.

Former Prime Minister is Statesman in ResidenceДЇormer Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Honourable PJ Patterson is Statesman in Residence at the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy which was officially launched at The University of the West Indies (The UWI) on Friday, June 26, 2020.

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