This Patricia (1929-2008) was the mother of that Patricia (1950-2025)
The story of Patricia Louise Smith-Glinton and her daughter Patricia Laverne Glinton-Meicholas is one of remarkable parallel gifts—two women, a generation apart, both possessed of literary talent and deep engagement Continue Reading
The Woman in that Famous Photo With A Young Lynden Pindling: Sylvia North Treco (1930-2016)
There is a rather famous photograph in Bahamian political history: a young Lynden Pindling stands with another young man and a strikingly beautiful young woman in front of the old Continue Reading
The Price of Politics: How Supporting the PLP Cost Clarence and Ardena Newry Their Home in 1950s Nassau
In the often knotted tapestry of Bahamian history, some threads run parallel for years before intersecting in ways that reveal the deeper patterns of power, politics, and principle. The lives Continue Reading
Three Revolutions, One Year: Maureen Duvalier (1926-2014) and the Barrier-Breaking Spirit of 1958
There are years that change everything. For The Bahamas, 1958 was such a year—a year when barriers that had stood for generations came crashing down, when ordinary people claimed their Continue Reading