The colloquium, which is the theoretical section of the 31st Caribbean Festival, focused this year on the Pan-African culture and the bonds between the Caribbean and Africa, as well as the impact of that legacy in arts, among other topics.

The different halls of the theater have born witness, once again, of the importance granted by social sciences to the common branch of the cultures of the region, and how cooperation between nations is the best way to preserve national identities.

The colloquium was attended by several personalities among them James Millette, historian from Trinidad and Tobago; Norman Girvan, ex-secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States, and Cuban Fernando Martinez Heredia, National Social Sciences Prize 2006 winner.