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  Timel Rivas was the winner of the first prize in the 5-18 age group of the Emancipation Calypso Competition hosted yesterday (Friday 29 th July) by the National Action Cultural Committee in association with First Citizens and the National Youth Action Committee, at the SWWTU Hall, Wrightson Road, Port-of-Spain. Caston Cupid was the winner of the 19 – 32 age grouping. Fireball was the winner of the extempo competition , with Nkosi Anyika placing second. Third place was Phil Browne and fourth place Sarah Cobbler. The results of the competitions, are as follows:

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 NA...