On Elections, Selections and Installations

Hello and welcome back to this space. We are fresh from an election victory for the Barbados DLP in the blue and yellow corner and in gentlemanly fashion saying 'better luck next time' to the defeated red faced BLP. Without the much-anticipated bank holiday anywhere in sight, it is business as usual in Bay Street as the ruling party have been mandated to concentrate their efforts and energies into addressing myriad challenges facing this nation, not the least of which is an escalating cost of living. Now is not the time for empty rhetoric, rancour and revelry, but we, the sons and daughters of this great nation, must rally together to chart new trajectories towards growth, development and progress; and we must do so without fear or favour, conscious of the great responsibility and privilege we have been given as masters of our heritage. ___________________________________________________________________________ Nia Productions, the publishing and creative arm of the College Library has installed an evocative and provocative tribute to three iconic Caribbean men, namely Edward Kamau Brathwaite, George Lamming and Bob Marley. You are invited to visit the Library to interact with representations of their work artfully portrayed throughout this 'alternative learning space'. Under the direction of the College Librarian, Ms Hetty Stoute-Oni, staff has been challenged to come up with exciting ways to use research and scholarship to connect with student learners on the importance of our leaders and visionaries throughout the entire Black diaspora. Please bear in mind, that while the work was a response to Black History Month, the display will remain in situ, indefinitely.