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Mana Contemporary Open House Sunday, April 30th 12:00pm – 6:00pm Exhibitions and artist studios will be open. Fun for the whole family. Free and open to the public.
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Come celebrate artist Stephen Van Mitchell. Stephen Van Mitchell is a local Jersey City Artist that is well known and loved in the community. He has been a Jersey City […]
Join local downtown Jersey City artist, Tarik Mendes at his open art studio at 150 Bay Street! Along with other artists at ART150, entrance located on Provost and 1st. Sponsorship […]
Drop by the Nimbus Arts Center on Friday, September 30th, 6-9 pm in celebration of our upcoming season of performances and events. Live dance performances featuring excerpts of Nimbus’ new […]
The Kennedy Dancers Professional Repertory Company, based in Jersey City, NJ, is happy to announce their Summer performance series for 2022. The company has been working tirelessly under the direction […]
Mana Contemporary Jersey City is thrilled to host its first Open House of 2022! And you are invited! Saturday, May 14, 2022 12-6pm Join our Open House and meet artists, […]
Looking for a fun Friday night out? Join After Hours on November 12 from 6pm-9pm. Enjoy music from a surprise DJ, mingle with other arts lovers, and browse the entire […]
JC Fridays began in the summer of 2006 and is a seasonal arts festival in Jersey City, New Jersey presented by Art House Productions. JC Fridays features art events that […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
