About me
Chereda Grannum is a Cultural Strategist and has been involved in public policy and programme development for over a decade. Her work has focused on building and strengthening Barbados' relationships, exchanges and interactions between population groups and institutions of the African continent and the African Diaspora.
Chereda graduated from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus with a BA in African and African Diaspora Studies, and also holds qualifications in Mass Communication.
Through her work she has provided support to the Government of Barbados’ Commission for Pan-African Affairs, the Working Group on Africa, the National Cultural Foundation and the CARICOM Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee for Reparations. In 2021, she was appointed by the Cabinet of Barbados to the Republican Status Transition Advisory Committee and was Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Fundamental Principles, Rights and Freedoms which led the establishment of the 2021 Charter of Barbados.
She is currently the Manager of the Reclaiming Our Atlantic Destiny (ROAD) Programme, the largest cultural heritage initiative of its kind in Barbados’ history. The ROAD Programme will establish the digitisation of Barbados’ historical archives and the construction of the Barbados Heritage District, to include the Enslaved Burial Ground Memorial at Newton, a national performing arts centre, the new home of the Barbados Archives, a global genealogical research centre, and a national museum exploring the impacts of Trans-Atlantic slavery and forced migration.
Chereda is the first Barbadian to earn the designation of United Nations Fellow for the International Decade for People of African Descent, completing her Fellowship with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2016. In 2018 she was recognised by MIPAD as one of the Global 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (Under 40) in Politics and Governance. She was also recognised by Apolitical as one of 100 Future Leaders: The World's Most Influential Young People in Government.
She is also the Founder and Managing Director of Intangibles Consulting, a boutique consultancy that works with organisations to build diverse, equitable and inclusive corporate cultures across systems, policies and practices.
