The Barbados Museum & Historical Society Announces the Launch of a Pivotal Post-Colonial Discourse: Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean.
The Barbados Museum & Historical Society is excited to announce the launch of Independence, Colonial Relics, and Monuments in the Caribbean. Edited by Allison O. Ramsay and Jerome TeeluckSingh (eds.), this book offers critical insights into the ongoing impact of colonialism on the Caribbean. Through a collection of essays, the book explores themes of culture, identity, and heritage, making it a vital resource for understanding the region's post-colonial challenges and progress.
This engaging volume is aimed not just at academics but any Caribbean citizen interested in exploring the history behind some of the region’s monuments, relics and symbolism which are the product of a varied and mixed heritage originating in the four corners of the globe.
From the recently decommissioned and much maligned Lord Nelson in Barbados to the Hindu Temples in Trinidad, the essays contained in this book look at how these monuments and the history they represent have shaped our nations and our very lives and how the changing landscape of a modern post-colonial Caribbean has changed popular considerations and political views of these symbolic emblems of our history.
The launch event promises to be an enlightening experience for academics, historians, and anyone interested in the intricate layers of Caribbean history and its ongoing journey towards decolonisation and justice.
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