Dissident Politicians Who Shaped The Modern Bahamas

Dissident politicians have had their fair share of success in Bahamian politics. Many however, have also withered on the thorny ...

Lucayan contribution to 16th-century price and supply monetary theory 

In the 16th century, the Lucayan Indians of The Bahamas played a pivotal role in the development of early Monetary ...

Bahamas cost of living: $10,000 per year 1968 to $10,000 per month 2024

In 1968, the colony’s Chamber of Commerce, such as it was, “warned” of sharp rises in its new cost of ...

Inagua Man Finds Rare Ambergris Paid Peanuts Told He Was Born 100 Years Too Late 1955

Imagine you are living on an island in The Bahamas. Not the built up, business capital, New Providence, but one ...

First Bahamian Female Doctor Florinda Cambridge returns home 1955

Dr. Florinda Cambridge was born in 1922 on Hay Street in Nassau. Her mother was Clarinda Speed Cambridge, born in ...

Government Swindles Negro Land Owners in Oakes Field 1955

Ironies underly the history of the land known as Oakes Field. It was Harold G. Christie (H. G. Christie) who ...

Rupert Dean of Rupert Dean Lane, First Bahamian to Tar roads in Nassau Dies October 1955

Rupert Dean was, among other things, a poet. In 1915, he wrote “Nation’s Prayer” during the First World War. It ...

UBP supporter claimed victimisation by PLP leaves Bahamas for good – The Tale of Nola’s Baked Crabs 1973

Nola’s Baked Crabs was once a Bahamian culinary institution. Mrs. Nola Musgrove Daniel is historically credited, going as far back ...

Pindling chosen for greatness despite Randol Fawkes being senior PLP member for Southern District – July 1956

The evening of 8th July 1956 was a defining moment in Bahamian political history. That night would alter the lives ...

I am the darker brother – Majority Rule 10th January 1967

“…I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes. But I laugh, And ...