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Yesterday, May 11, marked a full half-century since St Vincent and the Grenadines was thrown into shock by the deadly shooting of Attorney General Cecil Rawle, a prominent Dominican citizen. He died from his wounds two days later. Rawle’s murder caused shock waves not just in SVG but throughout the Eastern and Southern Caribbean with a high-profile murder hunt for the accused which lasted just over two weeks and obtained …
IN THE YEAR 1963, the then Organization for African Unity (OAU) declared May 25 as African Liberation Day (ALD), a day in solidarity with those African countries still under colonial rule and, in Southern Africa, under the odious system of apartheid and White racist rule. That solidarity was not confined to the African continent, nor to people of African origin. Even in Europe, the birthplace of colonialism and racial oppression, …
Last week when I began on this theme, I did not hesitate to ask the question, what have been the rewards for the struggle and hardships endured over the 50 years since I I made that commitment? I outlined the context in which the small group of young men, all under 25 years of age, formed this organisation called BLAC. For a reminder it was a time when Independence had …