KINGSTON, Jamaica — Maroon Colonel Frank Lumsden of Charles Town, Jamaica will be one of five guests at the Maroon and Mi’kmaq: An International Indigenous Exchange on the Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, next week, where he will in an international exchange on indigenous issues. live webcast .

The exchange will be held in the lecture theatre of Grenfell Campus’s new Arts and Science Extension on November 4 and November 5.

Colonel Lumsden will speak about contemporary Maroon history and issues pertaining to his role as leader of one of four Maroon communities in Jamaica (Charles Town) a news release from the university said .

On Monday, November 4, 6:30 to 8:45 pm, there will be a public viewing of a documentary about the Maroons, who are recognised as Indigenous peoples by UNESCO, the release said, followed by a presentation by Colonel Lumsden, who is also a visual artist, titled “Art as Expressions of Culture”.

On November 5, between 7:00 and 9:45 pm, the guests will participate in an international discussion about Maroon and Mi’kmaw history and issues, when Colonel Lumsden is expected to speak on Maroon issues pertaining to his role as a leader.

The other guests include Saqamaw Mi’sel Joe, recipient of an honorary doctor of laws, MUN; Dr Afua Cooper, James Robinson Johnston chair in Black Canadian studies at Dalhousie University; and Dr Angela Robinson, social/cultural studies, Grenfell.

The university also said that the second day of the symposium may be watched on a