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Errol Walton Barrow and the Postwar Transformation of Barbados: The Late Colonial Period (Volume I) by Hilbourne A. Watson uwipress.com/9789766407117/… #UWIPress #Barbados #ErrolWaltonBarrow
Beginning in the 1920s, Barbadians and other British West Indians began organizing politically in an international environment that was marked by a severe capitalist economic and financial crisis that intensified in the 1930s.
The response in the British Caribbean during the 1930s was in the form of rebellions that demanded colonial reform. The ensuing struggles resulted in constitutional and political changes that led to decolonization and independence.
Rihanna: Barbados World-Gurl in Global Popular Culture edited by Hilary McD. Beckles and Heather D. Russell uwipress.com/9789766405021/… #UWIPress #Rihanna #Barbados
Rihanna is arguably the most commercially successful Caribbean artist in history. She is Barbadian and has been unwavering in publicly articulating her national and regional belonging.
Still, there have been varied responses to Rihanna’s ascendancy, among both Barbadians and the wider Caribbean community.
