Barbados
The Emancipation Statue symbolizing the breaking of the chains of slavery at the moment of emancipation is shown on November 16, 2021 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Emancipation Statue symbolizing the breaking of the chains of slavery at the moment of emancipation is shown on November […]
The Emancipation Statue symbolizing the breaking of the chains of slavery at the moment of emancipation is shown on November 16, 2021 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Emancipation Statue symbolizing the breaking of the chains of slavery at the moment of emancipation is shown on November […]
A kerfuffle about whether British actor Benedict Cumberbatch will have to pay reparations to descendants of slaves in Barbados made headlines this week. It’s still unclear who exactly may become subject to legal action to atone for atrocities of slavery. But online buzz over famous Brits’ ties to slavery, like Cumberbatch’s, put wider attention on […]
There is an adage which says, “you can find a Bajan anywhere”, and this winter in Qatar at the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, you will find sports enthusiast and Black Rock, St Michael resident, Pedro McClean. McClean has been selected from among 500,000 applicants to be an international volunteer for the biggest show on the […]
Barbados, the easternmost stretch of land in the Caribbean Sea, is a pear-shaped island surrounded by a dense network of bright coral. As you crisscross the island, gently sloped hills give way to mazes of sugarcane fields. The plantations that once controlled the sugar crop were some of the first outposts of British colonial control […]
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