Culture Warriors Honoures at Pompey Square Nassau Bahamas
41 BAHAMIAN CULTURAL LEGENDS HONOURED 2014
Forty-one cultural giants were surrounded by government officials, friends and family recently as they were honoured during an art exhibition at Pompey Square. The event was part of the 41st independence anniversary celebrations of The Bahamas.
The cultural legends included names synonymous with features of Bahamian culture like art, music, writers, theatre and of course Junkanoo.
The legends that made the list were Alphonzo ‘Blind Blake’ Higgs, Amos Ferguson, Antonious Roberts, BahaMen, Becky Chipman, Beginning of the End, Brent Malone, Bernard “Buttercup” Ferguson, Charles Carter, Cleophas Adderley, Count Bernadino, E. Clement Bethel, Eddie Minnis, Ezra Hepburn, Freddie Munnings Sr., George Symonette, Jackson and Stan Burnside, James Catalyn, Jay Mitchell, Jeannie Thompson, John Berkley Peanuts Taylor, John Chipman, Joseph Spence, Kayla lockhard Edwards, King Eric, Leroy Duke Hanna, Maureen Duvalier, Pandora Gibson Gomez, Patricia Bazard, Paul Meeres, Percy Viola Francis and Winston Gus Cooper, Ronnie Butler, Shirley Hall Bass, Meta Davis Cumberbatch, Susan Wallace, Edmund Moxey, Theophilus Coakley, Timothy Gibson, Tony Mackay, Wendal Stuart and Winston Saunders.
The honorees or representatives of their families all received a commemorative 41st independence book and a sketch of the cultural legend painted by local artist Jamaal Rolle.
Prime Minister Perry Christie, who was the keynote speaker at the event, spoke about how it is important for Bahamians to know where they come from through icons.
“These 41 legends light up our Bahamas like beacons to the future. So important is culture to national development and identity,” he said.
Forty-one cultural giants were surrounded by government officials, friends and family recently as they were honoured during an art exhibition at Pompey Square. The event was part of the 41st independence anniversary celebrations of The Bahamas.
The cultural legends included names synonymous with features of Bahamian culture like art, music, writers, theatre and of course Junkanoo.
The legends that made the list were Alphonzo ‘Blind Blake’ Higgs, Amos Ferguson, Antonious Roberts, BahaMen, Becky Chipman, Beginning of the End, Brent Malone, Bernard “Buttercup” Ferguson, Charles Carter, Cleophas Adderley, Count Bernadino, E. Clement Bethel, Eddie Minnis, Ezra Hepburn, Freddie Munnings Sr., George Symonette, Jackson and Stan Burnside, James Catalyn, Jay Mitchell, Jeannie Thompson, John Berkley Peanuts Taylor, John Chipman, Joseph Spence, Kayla lockhard Edwards, King Eric, Leroy Duke Hanna, Maureen Duvalier, Pandora Gibson Gomez, Patricia Bazard, Paul Meeres, Percy Viola Francis and Winston Gus Cooper, Ronnie Butler, Shirley Hall Bass, Meta Davis Cumberbatch, Susan Wallace, Edmund Moxey, Theophilus Coakley, Timothy Gibson, Tony Mackay, Wendal Stuart and Winston Saunders.
The honorees or representatives of their families all received a commemorative 41st independence book and a sketch of the cultural legend painted by local artist Jamaal Rolle.
Prime Minister Perry Christie, who was the keynote speaker at the event, spoke about how it is important for Bahamians to know where they come from through icons.
“These 41 legends light up our Bahamas like beacons to the future. So important is culture to national development and identity,” he said.
Sketches of Godfather of Bahamian music Ronnie Butler and Legendary Play Writer James Catalyn by artist Jamaal Rolle.
Written by Bahamas National 29th. April 2019