Foreword by The Most Honourable PJ Patterson and Edited by His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo http://youtube.com/watch?v=wJPYTVT35n8&t=15s
On this Emancipation Day, we honour the courage, resilience, and resistance of our ancestors who fought for freedom from the brutal system of chattel enslavement. Their liberation was not granted—it was earned through revolt, sacrifice, and the daily struggle to survive with dignity. While the physical chains were broken in 1838, the legacy of… Continue reading Emancipation Day Message 2025
Recently, members of Morgan State University, led by Jamaican lecturer Ras Dr. Wayne Rose, paid a courtesy visit to the P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, where they met with the Statesman-in-Residence, The Most Honourable P.J. Patterson; Patron of the Institute, The Most Honourable Professor Sir Kenneth Hall; along with other staff members. The visit… Continue reading Morgan State University Representatives visits The Institute
The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy is proud to announce that it is now hosting a significant trove of digital assets—comprising e-books, documentaries, and scholarly articles—from The Integrationist. Founded by The Most Honourable, Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, Patron of the Institute, former Governor General of Jamaica, and former Principal of the University of… Continue reading The P.J. Patterson Institute Hosts The Integrationist Digital Archive
On 13 June 2025, the P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, held a monumental press conference for the official launch of the Africa-Caribbean Hub for Generative Artificial Intelligence at The UWI, Mona. This pioneering AI Hub project is a collaborative initiative between The UWI’s P.J.… Continue reading The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy announce AI Generative Hub for Africa and the Caribbean
The following is the address by former Prime Minister PJ Patterson during the launch of the AI project at the University of the West Indies on Wednesday, June 11. Colleagues and friends, pardon me if I begin on a note of nostalgia. It is 71 years ago that I entered these hallowed precincts. At… Continue reading The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy launches AI Intelligence Hub
The Pan-Africanists by Barrington Watson, OJ, completed in 1998. This outstanding painting honours 17 global activists for African liberation and universal human rights who, by their heroic struggles and self-confident vision, have reshaped the development of Africa, its diaspora, and the world today. The master painter, Jamaican-born Barrington Watson, had always felt that self-image… Continue reading The Pan-Africanist Mural unveiled at the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy
In a momentous celebration of his 90th birthday, former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, the Statesman-in-Residence of the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy, gifted the University of the West Indies (The UWI) a replica of Barrington Watson’s renowned 1998 painting, ‘The Pan-Africanists’. The mural was unveiled on Saturday, April 12 at the PJ… Continue reading Mural unveiled of famous ‘The Pan-Africanists’