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'You Throne Gone Down'. Barbados is a Republic

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As it marks 55 years of independence since 1966, Barbados is replacing the British monarchy with a non-executive presidency in a move well received in that country and across the Caribbean, but considered long overdue. In this episode, we ask: Why has Barbados and the rest of the English-speaking Caribbean, including Antigua and Barbuda, been so indifferent on the question of abandoning the monarchy for the last 60 years?

The host is Kieron Murdoch. The guests are:

  1. Prof. Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Professor of Political Science at the UWI Cave Hill. Her research areas include Governance and democracy in the English-speaking Caribbean, political party and elections campaign spending, elections in the English-speaking Caribbean, Women and politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Corruption in the Caribbean.
  2. Mr. Dorbrene O’Marde, a noted Pan-Africanist in Antigua and Barbuda, and currently the chairman of Antigua and Barbuda's Reparations Support Commission. He is a director and producer of theatre and music. He is a playwright, a columnist; and a calypso writer, judge and analyst. Among his principal interests are Caribbean History, and Black political thought.
  3. Mr. Jomo Sanga Thomas, an attorney-at-law, journalist, social commentator in St, Vincent and the Grenadines. He was formerly Speakers of the House there. 


    4. This programme first aired on NewsCo Observer Radio 91.1 FM on November 28th, 2021. Get the latest news from Antigua and Barbuda at the Antigua Observer online.

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