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Caribbean, South Africa: Legacy and succession

Categories: Caribbean, Latin America, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (U.S.), Saint Lucia, South Africa, St. Barthélémy, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St.Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Isl.

South Africa-based Caribbean blogger Crossing Worlds wonders [1] whether the struggle begun by the architects of the independence movement is safe in the hands of the current generation. “As the US Civil Rights leaders, the black power activists and the liberation leaders begin to die, it seems even more important to think about issues of legacy and succession,” she says. “Are we up to the challenge?”