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The Grenada massacre: Lest We Forget!
Share/Bookmark Another anniversary, another series of events to mark the brutal execution of the Prime Minister of the People’s Revolutionary Government of Grenada, Maurice Bishop, several members of government and of his Party, another year of not knowing where the bodies of Maurice Bishop and his comrades were buried. In Grenada, as in previous years,
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The ‘enduring mystery’ of Maurice Bishop’s remains
Share/Bookmark In 2010, I published a book titled Time to Tell – the Grenada Massacre and After…. Grenada Diary 14-25 December 1983. As the title suggests, the book is mainly a diary I kept on a visit to Grenada a couple months after military conflict in the US led invasion of Grenada had ended. The
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Grenada Peace Centre Proposal (Addendum)
Share/Bookmark The following project was sent to the Government of Grenada on March 29th, 2011. On 3rd January 2011, while on an assignment in Lagos, Nigeria, I sent Senator Arley Gill a proposal for the establishment of a Peace Centre on Fort George (seen above) and set out some possible uses for the transformed Fort.
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A letter to U.S. President Barack Obama
Share/Bookmark The following letter was sent to U.S. President Barack Obama on February 7th, 2011. Fraternal greetings from a son of the African Diaspora and I wish you the Creator’s abiding blessings, guidance and protection. I note with admiration, Sir, your relentless efforts to build and sustain peace between nations and promote social justice at
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Fort George as the Historic Site of the October 1983 Massacre
Share/Bookmark The following project was sent to the Government of Grenada on January 3rd, 2011. The massacre of members of the Grenada Government and citizenry on Fort Rupert on 19 October 1983 and especially the fact that those who lost their lives have never been identified and given to their loved ones for burial represent
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