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Anti-racists hit back at Nigel Farage slur on Afrikan Emancipation Day

NIGEL FARAGE’S attack on an Afrikan Emancipation Day march in Brixton was dismissed today by organisers as “racist nonsense and deceitful propaganda.”

Hundreds of people gathered in Brixton, south London, on Saturday to commemorate the passing of the 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act and demand reparations. 

Attendees at the annual event took part in educational sessions by grassroots groups focused on different topics including arts and culture, listened to speeches and music and held a three-minute silence. 

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