Barbados has become the world’s newest republic, breaking ties with Queen Elizabeth 55 years after it became an independent nation, saying it was time for Barbados to break from its colonial past. The ...
As the cotton harvest approaches, its success hinges on Bajans’ willingness to unify their economic potential and the historical weight of slavery—and the trauma they carry. The Bajan government, in ...
Which came first, the pigs or the pioneers? In Barbados, that has been a historical mystery ever since the first English colonists arrived in 1627 to encounter what they thought was a herd of wild ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Rhoda Green, left, president of the Carolina Legacy Foundation, and Charleston Mayor John ...
Lore has it that Barbados got its name from the Bearded Fig Tree, spotted in 1536 by Portuguese sea captain Pedro a Campos, who called the island that held them “Los Barbados,” or “The Bearded.” If ...
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