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Full ArticleĪ few days ago, the Prime Minister defended his Government's choice of Christine Kangaloo for President of Trinidad and Tobago. Elated by the possibility of expansion, the members of vestry voted unanimously to accept the offer they built a parish hall on the land. In 1976 Lance Murray, an official of the Trinidad Sugar Estates (known then as the Orange Grove Estates), sent Fr David Benjamin, the pastor of the St Mary's Anglican Church, a letter offering the church an opportunity to purchase a plot of land adjacent to the church. As she said in her acceptance speech: 'Now that the election is over, I look forward to serving our country in the only way I know how-with love for all and with an unwavering belief in the innate goodness of our people.'Īpart from the years that I have spent abroad, I have lived most of my life in Tacarigua, a village that is located about ten miles east of Port of Spain. Whatever her strengths and/or weaknesses, she now represents all Trinbagonians and so we ought to pledge our allegiance to her. I wish to congratulate Christine Kangaloo for having been elected to the highest office of the land. Why not make the case for the Orisas or the Shouter Baptists or the Rastas? Which society in the world has woven all their cultural and racial/ethnic strands into the perfect tapestry you seem to want to yoke the government with? The US, France, Brazil?' I never heard your good friend Sat Maharaj or any Hindu leader pleading the case for the poor, dispossessed African community. Last Sunday, after reading my column, he sent me the following note: 'Dr Cudjoe, I can't remember when last you wrote so much unrealistic and unadulterated crap. Jonathan Smith (not his real name) is one of my dearest friends.

'Stand Together, ye Damned of the Earth' February 06, 2023

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