EVER since I read the Sir Lynden O. Pindling Distinguished Lecture of 2003 by then Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service Fred Mitchell – “What it means to be Bahamian” – I have wanted to confront Mr Mitchell on the remarkable inconsistency between what he articulated as his personal views on Bahamian identity and the public policy carried …
Junkanoo Gone Funky
THE faux kings and queens of Junkanoo must have liked nothing better than to dress up as British royals during the 2012 Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade. Three Category A groups chose themes celebrating the reigning British monarch in splendidly ahistorical style. “A Royal Celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee”; “A Night of Elegance: The Queen’s Masquerade Ball” and “A Celebration …
Finding Authenticity: Beyond ‘Sun, Sand, And Sea’
SUPER Bowl XLVII was orchestrated as a contest between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers, however that contest was not the only showdown taking place. The global advertising war games were simultaneously staged during the championship event. Interest in the tradition of Super Bowl commercials has grown to such an extent that it almost overshadows interest in the …
Forging A ‘Caribbean Connection’
LAST month the Bahamas National Youth Council, a non-profit organization representing youth voices in the country, commemorated Caribbean Youth Day with a youth march and forum. President of the council Tye McKenzie publicly associated himself with rational and bold albeit unpopular positions on Caribbean integration and I salute him for doing so. It made me think, regionalism is not dead …
Loretta Butler-Turner For 2017?
EVER since May 7 when the mighty Free National Movement (FNM) came tumbling down, the name Hubert Minnis, former Minister of Health, has been floated as the inevitable next leader of the Free National Movement (FNM). The final tally left the FNM with only three members of parliament with parliamentary experience: the dinosaur Edison Key, who, safe to say, health …