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“When people ask me where I am from, I say "Barbados" and sometimes I mention "broken trident”

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“Bajan Pride Barbadians should be proud of Rih, Thanks to Evan Rogers and Jay-Z, At only twenty eight, Rih's at the top of her game, And it's seems like Robyn Rihanna, Is still the same, Same friends, Same personality, Never adding flavor to her accent Some say Rih has never changed, Even with all her diamonds and pearls Rihanna is still a St. Michael Girl.”

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Author:Charmaine J Forde

“When I was a little girl, I used to sit in that two bedroom chattel house in Barbados and dream about America, the one I saw on the glittered postcards.”

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Author:Charmaine J Forde

“Oh taste and see!! Great Barbados, I love thee!”

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Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“It’s okay to have hope,” he said gently. “But it’s also okay to have hope from a distance.”

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Book:You Were Always There

Source: You Were Always There

“Every time I hear Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Beethoven-Symphony NO.5 in C Minor- It bring to mind those beautiful childhood memories of back home around noon time. Memories of my Sweet Barbados”

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Author:Charmaine J Forde

“FALL in love with Barbados!!”

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Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“We attended St. Stephen’s Primary School in Barbados, and every afternoon at twelve O’clock, my sisters, my cousins and I would hurry down Black Rock Main Road, to a family friend’s home for lunch. He didn't have a refrigerator, so he kept his water in a clay monkey, in the corner of his small shed roof. Excerpt from 'OVER IN AWAY”

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Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“Take me to this land of sweet sugar cane and Mount Gay Rum, Take me to BARBADOS”

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Author:Charmaine J. Forde

“The STANDPIPE Many people have made fun about those dingy white cemented standpipes; many have fallen down and bruised their knees after sliding, while fetching water in their metal buckets. Yeah, that’s what we called them back then “Go and catch a bucket of water-the pipes gone off” That’s what my mother used to say, “But I am going to be late fuh school again.” I always lamented. After a Sunday afternoon at Brandon’s beach, the water from the standpipe always felt good, especially after washing off the gritty sand from my feet and my bathing suit. Coming home from a long afternoon at the beach, a little water from the standpipe, provided instant relief. Long lines of people from Clevedale, Fairfield, Belfield and Seclusion Road, Fetching water and hurrying each other up, no time for false pride, The highfalutin neighbor was in line too, standing pouting on the other side Authors: Charmaine J. Forde Credit: Dr. Karl Watson (Barbados)”

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Author:Charmaine J Forde

“It is unclear which terrified the authorities most: the revolutionary potential of the Marxist 'subversives', based on class, or that of the UNIA, based on race.”

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Book:Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean: Barbados, 1937–66

Source: Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean: Barbados, 1937–66