Guadeloupe:Celebrating Chevallier de St-George · Global Voices
Alice Backer

Guadeloupe Attitude is happy  (Fr) a Guadeloupean school chose to rename itself after local historic figure Joseph Bologne a.k.a. Chevallier de St-George, the child of a white French planter and freed african slave woman who lived in the 18th century and conquered classical composing and military skill in both Europe and Guadeloupe. He also surveys the ways in which Caribbean institutions in Cuba and elsewhere are increasingly recognizing him as a hero.