Jimmy “Chickie” Horne: Trailblazing Female Impersonator Who Inspired Flip Wilson’s Geraldine
In the constellation of mid-20th century Black entertainment, one Bahamian star shone brightly across the stages of London, New York, ...
Miss Bahamas Beauty Pageant 1997/98
Miss Bahamas Beauty Pageant Booklet 1997/98 Held: 9:00 pm Sunday 17th August, The Atlantis Ballroom, Atlantis Casino, Paradise Island Miss ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Mother of a Prime Minister: Isabella McIntosh-Laroda (1928-1998)
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, June 30, 1998, Isabella McIntosh-Laroda (nee Cornish) died at Princess Margaret Hospital “as ...
The Man Who Was in an ASUE with Lynden Pindling: Eugene Brudnell Butler (1926-2010)
In the mid-20th century Bahamas, if you were of modest means and needed capital, the bank’s answer was more often ...
Democratising the Majority Rule Story: Cecil Wallace-Whitfield’s Forgotten Place In Bahamian History
The future of Majority Rule may depend on the very figure the PLP worked so hard to forget: Cecil Wallace-Whitfield ...
National Coat of Arms Designer Rev. Dr. Hervis Bain Jr. (1942-2015)
To honour Majority Rule Day 2026, we remember Rev. Dr. Hervis Bain Jr. the designer of the Bahamian National Coat ...
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 ...