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Aug 18 2017

1916 – When spreading fake news was against the law in the Bahama Islands

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One Hundred and Fifty: John Moultrie’s American Slaves Sent to the Bahamas in 1784

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TIME IN HISTORY 1492 A.D.

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TIME in History ~ 1647 A.D.

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The Bahamian Member of Parliament who was an MP for only six short weeks 1962

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Gerald Cash toastmaster for Orville Turnquest’s stag party February 1955

As high society events go, the wedding of Orville Alton Turnquest to Edith Louise Thompson in February 1955, was among the noteworthy events of the wedding season that year. We Continue Reading

Posted On : June 6, 2024 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Sidney Poitier’s contribution to Majority Rule 1964

Politically speaking, although 1962 began with much promise, by the end of the year, it had dealt a devastating blow to the progressive movement in the colony. On 26 November Continue Reading

Posted On : July 18, 2023 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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A Nation Is Born – The Definitive Bahamian Independence Album 1973

In early 1973, as the Bahamas was fast approaching that very first Independence Day, scheduled for 10th July 1973, the late Hon. Bradley B. Roberts had an idea. Bradley Roberts, Continue Reading

Posted On : July 10, 2023 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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Music as Identity: Should Bahamian Music Officially Be Called Goombay?

One can argue that independence, in 1973, had many goals to accomplish. Within that political exercise, negotiating sovereignty away from Britain to our own majority ruled Parliament, was also meant Continue Reading

Posted On : July 8, 2023 Published By : The Bahamianologist
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“The Crazy Hill” Was Once A Real Place 1897

“The Crazy Hill” for any Bahamian kid growing up, in the hundred years or so since it was occupied in the year 1899, was that would be fabled bogeyman of Continue Reading

Posted On : March 2, 2022 Published By : The Bahamianologist

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