KingdomFM marks 25 years on the air with great doughnut give-away fifetoday.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fifetoday.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Reflecting on the riots and disturbances of the 1930s, I had written elsewhere (The 1935 Riots in St Vincent) “The disturbances of the 1930s in the Caribbean marked a significant turning point in the development of the British colonies. For St Vincent, as with other British colonies, it signalled a new phase that ended with the introduction of adult suffrage in 1951. The governor’s belated acknowledgement, at the time of …
In another nine days it will be October when we will on the 27th celebrate our 44th year of Independence. We have paid little attention to an important event that happened 44 years before Independence that impacted on and paved the way to Independence. That event was the ‘riots of 1935’, one among many riots and disturbances that rocked some of the Caribbean colonies in the 1930s. Those of St …
Quite often when the issue of emancipation is being discussed we hear the words “emancipate yourself from mental slavery”. Most people associate them with Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” where we find “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.” It is really an adoption of a speech delivered by Marcus Garvey in Nova Scotia, Canada on October 1, 1937. Garvey said then, “We’re going to emancipate …
Our belated congratulations to the government and people of our sister isle of Jamaica as they celebrate their 61st anniversary of national independence, achieved on August 6, 1962. Very special greetings to the women of Jamaica who have been excelling on the global sporting scene. Jamaica’s independence, the first won by any of Britain’s colonies, was like a double-edged sword. On the one hand, It led the way towards national …