Caribbean Festival (CAF)

CTL-E-0436 · Event · other · unspecified

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Ephraim Malachi Martin launched the Caribbean Festival (CAF) in Chicago in 2004, staged in the north and west loop areas.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from GLOBAL-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-GLOBAL-001:GBL-120; source research type(s): Event. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

International Festival of Life official biography PDF; jamsat.com (primary source)

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