2005 UN workshop

2005 – Afro-descendant leaders attend a workshop organized by the UN, and supported by AFRE, in Chincha, Peru.

AFRE representatives: Back row: Jabari Akil, Raushana Karriem, Ajani Mukarram, Kamal Shabazz, Kamal Arshad, Ishmael Abdul-Salaam. Middle row: Harriett AbuBakr Muhammad, Mr. Silis Muhammad, Ida Hakim. Front row: Husamideen Fedayeen, Ikhlas Fedayeen.

AFRE representatives: Back row: Jabari Akil, Raushana Karriem, Ajani Mukarram, Kamal Shabazz, Kamal Arshad, Ishmael Abdul-Salaam. Middle row: Harriett AbuBakr Muhammad, Mr. Silis Muhammad, Ida Hakim. Front row: Husamideen Fedayeen, Ikhlas Fedayeen.
Afro-descendant leaders and UN officials at the Peru workshop

 Afro-descendant leaders and UN officials at the Peru workshop
Gay McDougall, Special Representative for Minorities, with Ishmael Abdul-Salaam and Jabari Akil

 Gay McDougall, Special Representative for Minorities, with Ishmael Abdul-Salaam and Jabari Akil
Edna Marie Santos Roland of Brazil with an Afro-descendant leader

Edna Marie Santos Roland of Brazil with an Afro-descendant leader
Gisele Arandia of Cuba

Gisele Arandia of Cuba
Romero Rodriguez of Uruguay

Romero Rodriguez of Uruguay
Ishmael Abdul-Salaam and Ajani Mukarram with Sydney Francis of Nicaragua

Ishmael Abdul-Salaam and Ajani Mukarram with Sydney Francis of Nicaragua
Queen Mother Dorothy Benton Lewis, member of the AFRE delegation, stands in a room within a tunnel that imprisoned captured Africans underneath Hacienda San Jose.

Queen Mother Dorothy Benton Lewis, member of the AFRE delegation, stands in a room within a tunnel that imprisoned captured Africans underneath Hacienda San Jose.
Afro-descendant leaders and UN officials at the Peru workshop

Afro-descendant leaders and UN officials at the Peru workshop
Group of conference attendees stand in prayer and commemoration after viewing the horrors of Hacienda San Jose. Harriett AbuBakr Muhammad looks on as Gisele Arandia speaks.

Group of conference attendees stand in prayer and commemoration after viewing the horrors of Hacienda San Jose. Harriett AbuBakr Muhammad looks on as Gisele Arandia speaks.