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Brief profile of Makandal Daaga

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  Raising the level of the black conciousness which changed employment practices in banks and other parts of the private sector and led to the development of state enterprises.

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  Enhancing the growth of a sense of nationalism, culture and race relations in the post-independence period with the formation of Pegasus in 1962, NJAC in 1969 and the historic March to caroni in 1970.

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  Spearheading the growth of Emancipation to the Caribbean, Western Hemisphere and Africa.

Three issues Makandal Daaga is committed to address in Laventille West:

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  The transfomation of the environment from one of violence and crime to one of peace, goodwill and communal unity.

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  Instilling a sense of self-reliance, confidence and a deeper sense of economic and social development.

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  Returning Laventille to its former state of being a spiritual and cultural centre of Trinidad & Tobago

   Makandal Daaga (formerly Geddes Granger) was born