He said “the reconfiguration of global power and the restructuring of the global economy cannot be left to the market or the dictates of a few determined to continue to shape the future by unilateral decisions without international consultation. The world that emerges will be entirely different”. In his reply, Patterson referenced the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that “the world we knew no longer exists. We are poised to bring all of this to a sense of rendezvous of victory where we are all placed this day to formally launch the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy,” Sir Hilary |declared. “The 21st Century is going to be about the rekindling and the rebuilding of bridges with the African continent which is a critical part of Caribbean civilisation, which has been the basis of our sense of popular identity, and so we have also established a centre at The University of Lagos and at the University of Johannesburg - the Centre for Global Africa.
Shortly another centre will be established in the European Union that will assist in the post-Brexit Caribbean interest in Europe.
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But, long before Garvey, Caribbean folks have been talking about liberation and the freedom of Africa and the Caribbean place within it”.Īccording to Sir Hilary, The UWI, as part of the re-visioning of the 21st Century Caribbean, has established centres in other countries, among them one in China dealing with software engineering Brock University Canada on Canada /Caribbean relations and State University of New York dealing with USA joint programmes for development. He said that Jamaica “invested heavily in the liberation of Africa, starting with the late Marcus Garvey laying the foundation for that vision. The world is looking for a new sensibility and certainly the people of the Caribbean are looking for a new relationship with ancestral Africa,” he added.
The conversations taking place in the world today point to a need for us as people in the modern world to remove the debilitating features of colonisation, slavery, and all the other extractive models that have demonstrated harm to this region over many centuries,” Sir Hilary said. “No centre in any university could have been more timely. Speaking at the launch of the centre, The UWI Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles said the facility has the blessing of the entire UWI and Prime Minister Andrew Holness, who has offered his support. He has also worked closely with the African Union which named him 'Relevant Caribbean Statesman' when it designated the diaspora the “Sixth Region Of the Continent” in 2003.
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He was a lead negotiator for the African Caribbean and Pacific Group during the Lomé Convention, was in charge of external negotiations involving the World Trade Organisation, the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Economic Partnership Agreement. Patterson, who was prime minister from 1992 to 2005, is highly respected for his commitment to regionalism. Named the PJ Patterson Centre for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy, it has former Jamaica Prime Minister PJ Patterson as 'Statesman in Residence'. A centre designed to coordinate public policy and advocacy by fostering development relations between the Caribbean and Africa was launched at The University of the West Indies last Friday.
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