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History Week is an annual program by the Division of Culture to create public awareness, especially among the island\u2019s students, on various topics of interest in Dominica\u2019s history. This year, the topic \u201cThe Road to Independence\u201d highlights the complex web of events, personalities and movements that moved Dominica from colonialism into political independence from Great Britain.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The multimedia project focuses on the dates 1950-1980, and highlights the key historical events, with detailed primary and secondary source analysis, along with present-day reflections on the lessons of that era \u2013 from active members of that movement at the state and grassroots levels, from students and scholars of Dominican and Caribbean cultural\/political history, and from students of history and social studies currently encountering these knowledges for the first time.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The project includes images, text-documents, newspaper clippings, court, legal and Parliamentary documents, audiovisual recordings, and other resources that will appropriately chronicle the history of Dominica\u2019s road to sovereignty.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dominica History\/The Road to Independence is a multimedia web resource to celebrate Dominica\u2019s 2015 History Week. 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