Azure a Fess Or Issuing from the Dexter… Nassau 1972
Once you know what it means, it becomes poetry of an iambic pentameter that upon uttering can summon every will and valour. Azure a Fess Or Issuing from the Dexter Continue Reading
He Didn’t Like Politics But Politics Liked Him: The Richest Bahamian Dies, 1994
When Charles Trevor Kelly, C.B.E., was laid to rest in St. Anne’s Cemetery, Fox Hill, in June 1994, The Bahama Journal’s obituary painted a portrait of humble success: the multimillionaire Continue Reading
Governor Clifford Orchestrates Goodman’s Bay To Prospect Land Grab for Bay Street Oligarchs 1937
By the 1930s, quite a lot of the land comprising the western district of New Providence was crown land. Vast parcels that had been the subject of old grants—including the Continue Reading
Unsung Women of the Majority Rule Movement: Ethel Poitier (1925-2006) and The Straw Vendors Association
Ethel Poitier (1925-2006) and countless other Bahamian women, invaluable though forgotten contributions, made the Majority Rule Movement possible. Yet their names appear in no official histories. Their contributions receive no Continue Reading
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. Uncomfortable realities: PLP created January 10th holiday generates no genuine Continue Reading