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“Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah!” Negro spiritual 1500-1860 Twenty million Africans stolen and transported into European colonial slavery Blacks react with hurt 1968 Mart...

The One Bermuda Alliance, as predicted, brought privatisation to the forefront post-election, with the formation of the SAGE Commission. One of the main directives of the SAGE Commission was to identify activities that can be privatised. Privat...

In 1981 a man returned to Bermuda from an extended trip to Canada. As he made his way to his home, he noticed a few new young faces among those children he had left behind. He had never met most of these new faces. Likewise these new faces had never...

As a child I spent most of my Sunday School years between Church of God on Angle Street and St Paul’s AME on Court Street. Every Sunday I was taught by strong Bermudian women and men such as Margurite Place, Cynthia Swan, Dale Butler and Fred Ingham....

In September 1980, approximately 120 students walked nervously yet excitedly into the gates of a high school. They came with their well shined Clarkes’ “roach killer” brown leather shoes. They came with their A-lined navy blue skirts reaching down be...

“And if I have to make it easier for rich white people to own land in Bermuda that is fine!” — MP Bob Richards, House of Assembly, March 1, 2013. On May 29, 2015, the One Bermuda Alliance passed an amendment to the Immigration and Protection Act whic...

“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our minds.” — Bob Marley. For decades Bermudians have been celebrating a mid-June holiday known as the Queen’s Birthday. Colonial-themed pageantry complete with a full military p...

Bermuda Carnival. Carnival time in Bermuda. Hmm. I never thought I would ever hear those two words together. Almost like saying Bermuda snow or snow in Bermuda. For many, many moons, Bermudians were told that we should have nothing to do with the Ca...

National Heroes Weekend, eh. For many, when they think of heroes the first thing that comes to mind would be some Superman or Batman-like individual swooping down from the sky to save the damsel in distress. For others, they may envision Chuck Norris...

“We need to listen to what the people are saying.” — OBA MP Leah Scott, May 29, 2015, House of Assembly. On April 20, 2015, in a press release, the American College of Radiology [ACR] highlighted its concerns with the draft United States Preventive S...