35th Anniversary of 19th October, 1983 — A.L. Rougier
Reading Time 3 minsAfter my visit to Grenada earlier this year, I decided to title the 2nd Annual Symposium on the Grenadian Revolution, 1979: Freedom Hill. This idea came together because of a poem Joseph Ewart Layne shared with me called 1979. Freedom Hill is the title of another one of his poems but also the name given to a chapter in his autobiography, We Move Tonight: The Making of the Grenada Revolution. (It is also the shortest chapter in the book.) This year’s symposium featured an honoured guest (Basil “Akii” Gahagan) and four panelists (Michael D. Roberts, Laurie Lambert,… Read More »35th Anniversary of 19th October, 1983 — A.L. Rougier