PHOTO: Emancipation March
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August 1, 2017

PHOTO: Emancipation March

Rastafarians affiliated to the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress Church fo Salvation yesterday — Emancipation Day — marched from downtown Kingston to Half- Way-Tree in St Andrew, demanding “freedom, redemption, and international reparation through the International Court of Law and Justice”. Here the Rastafarians are spotted on Half- Way-Tree Road as they head towards the St Andrew capital. (Photo: Karl McLarty)

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