#RememberTheAncestors: ADACI Nigeria commemorates ancestors, distributes palliative to community


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As the saying thus, "the river that forgets it's source, plans to extinct",  ADACI celebrates its source. 

For almost three decades, the African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute  (ADACI),  has been recognizing it's source by celebrating the millions of men, women and children who perished during the trans-Atlantic slave trade (“the Maafa”), and those who survived. 

The non-profit institute chapter in Nigeria commemorated the ancestors by the sharing palliative to the residents of Meran community area in Lagos State Nigeria to relief them during this unprecedented time.

The sitting King, HRM Oba Samuel Awoyemi Oroja Akarakiri II, Onimeran of Meran kingdom in his appreciation speech thanked Adaci team for the kind gesture shown to the people of his community. He also said that his appreciation will go beyond verbal because it is a great task for any group that makes it a duty to remember the poor in this critical time.

According to him, the pandemic has caused a lot of sets back that people even find it difficult to eat daily so the palliative came at the right time.

Onimeran said that his community will keep this in its archive and will forever remember the group for extending a help hand at the time of need.

The institute promises to provide more support in myriads of ramifications for the community in subsequent commemoration to come.

ADACI USA with her headquarter situated at Washington DC, USA, observed the commemoration of the ancestors yesterday (13 June) via Live Streaming on social platforms due to the global pandemic outbreak. Hundreds of participants from within (USA) and beyond (abroad) were recorded. 

ADACI has four international chapters: ADACI-Senegal (est. 1993); ADACI-Nigeria (est. 2004); ADACI-Brazil (est. 2014); and ADACI Cameroon (est. 2019).  In addition, ADACI has established relationships with grassroots organizations in Benin, Cuba, Ghana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago.

See still pictures from the event below:



Adaci member handling item to a resident

                  

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