Aagus maanin come again 
Aagus maanin jubilee
Queen Victoria set we free
Jubilee jubilee
Queen Victoria jubilee . . .
Traditional (Jamaica)
The Caribbean region is observing the anniversary of emancipation. The ignoble institution of African slavery was dismantled on Aagus maanin (August morning) – August 1, 1838. This transition in social and political development in the region is important across the globe, and the marking of its anniversary has international impact.
Within the Caribbean, however, it is infinitely interesting to investigate the African influence in the societies – the cultural heritage of three sets of African immigrants; those who were brought over by force, those who were rescued from illegal slave ships after the abolition of the slave trade (in 1807), and those who came voluntarily as indentured workers after emancipation. The history of these arrivals alone has very interesting chapters, and so do the kinds of societies – the cultural evolutions that followed their settlement in the different territories.
