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Story of Emancipation - Part 1 1984-2010 Produced by the National Action Cultural Committee, the cultural arm of the National Joint Action Committee. Broadcast on Radio i95.5 Monday to Friday, at 11.55 am and 5.55pm Origin Originally, a series of ten minute programmes broadcast annually on radio 610 and radio 730 in the republic of Trinidad and Tobago, now a series of five minute programmes, in observation of Emancipation day, in recognition of Emancipation as a world phenomenon and in recognition of the   UN declared international    year for people of African descent.

THE NACC AND FIRST CITIZENS HOST THE 15 TH ANNUAL EMANCIPATION CALYPSO & EXTEMPO COMPETITION The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) in association with First Citizens is pleased to announce that the 15 th Annual Emancipation Calypso & Extempo Competition takes place on Friday 29 th July 2011 at the SWWTU Auditorium, Wrightson Road. This event is also being held in association with the National Youth Action Committee (NYAC). The competition takes place from 8:30pm. The age categories are 5-18 years and 19-32years for the Calypso segment, whereas the Extempo competition is open to all ages. We have scheduled auditions for Saturday 16 th July, 2011.  The Emancipation Calypso Competition serves to empower youth for the future, through knowing their past. This competition emerged in August of 1997 and is hosted annually by the National Action Cultural Committee. At that time, the lack of material written on Emancipation had become quite clear. And so, the NACC t

NEWS RELEASE Olatunji Yearwood is the new Star of Tomorrow. Olatunji won the Stars of Tomorrow Calypso Competition hosted by the National Youth Action Committee on Monday 7th February, at the City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain. The placings and selections rendered are as follows: 1st place – Olatunji Yearwood – Drum Spirits 2nd place – Megan Walrond – I Believe 3rd place – Sergio Francisco – The Cry of the Youth