The festival was conceived to advance the slave route project initiated by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to create a cultural heritage to the world.
Delegates made up of blacks from America, Brazil and Jamaica attended this year's event.
Highlights of this festival included: guided tours of heritage sites, slave port, slave market, slave relics, monuments and the point of no return; initiation ceremony including Ethnic Adoption, name giving and special prayer and traditional service for the deceased captives and their progenitors.

The festival was a celebration for all blacks in the world for the emancipation from slavery and injustice.