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Grenada Labour
Segment
December 17, 1918 and the Birth of the Caribbean
Nation
Caribbean nationhood was born in Taranto, Italy,
on this day (December 17) in 1918 when West
Indian soldiers came together to form the
Caribbean League, calling for independence for
the West Indies and the creation of West Indian
federation.
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Brief History
and Present Realities of Grenadian Labor
Martin P.
Felix
August
1st marks the 168 anniversary of African emancipation
from slavery in Grenada and throughout the Caribbean.
As we mark this important milestone, a critical
measurement of how far we have traveled is to review our
progress in Grenada labor movement. Emancipation from
chattel slavery and worker’s empowerment are the
beginning and end points of the continuum of complete
civil rights.
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Profiles
Slavery and
Emancipation Segment
Remembering Emancipation Day
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Emancipation
By Merle Collins
The following is the text of an Emancipation Day talk
given at Roxborough Catholic Church, St. Paul's, before
the mass on Sunday 4th August, 2002.
August 1st is a day of
great importance to our lives. It is the day on which
we should take
time to remember the struggle of our ancestors for
emancipation, that is, for freedom from enslavement. There are two major dates to think of when we mention
emancipation: 1st August 1834 and 1st August 1838
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In Memory Segment
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RIP
Clive Bradley
Pan arranger for Witco Desperadoes died in Trinidad on Saturday,
November 26th, 2006 after suffering a stroke.
Commentary
by Caldwell Taylor
Clive Bradley's
passing brings to mind what for me is the greatest tribute ever
paid to the pannist and the steelband. This "greatest" tribute
is the Barbadian novelist George Lamming's "Season of
Adventure", the first major literary work to celebrate the
steelband. This 1960 novel begins:
"Beyond
the horizon of the trees it was too black to see the sky. But
the music was there, loud as gospel
to the believer's ears. It was the music of the Steel Drums,
hard, strident and clear: a muscled current of sound swept over
the tonelle. The women's voices followed, chanting a
chorus of faiths that would soon astonish the night. They sang
in order to resurrect the dead".
Our Caribbean cultures remain deeply rooted in and beholden to
funerary feasts like Saraka, Dinki mini, Bongo, Big Drum and
"Praise":Our ancestors knew that culture began with a nod to the
" Old Parents' Plate". Clive has departed the pan tent, but his
resurrection is assured for as long as the makers of our culture
understand the relationship between continuity and change.
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