Bahamas: Dreams of Independence · Global Voices
Janine Mendes-Franco

“Thirty-four years after Independence…our houses and our wallets and our cars are bigger, but we have grown smaller than our fathers. Where they dared to dream the impossible, we appear to be unable to dream even the attainable.”  Nicolette Bethel, guest authoring at Bahama Pundit, reflects on what it means to be truly independent.