Mignon Lorraine Inniss was born on 19th November 1905 in Barbados. In the early twenties, she immigrated to New York City where she studied Business Administration at the Braithwaite School of Business. Here she met a group of Ethiopian dignitaries who were recruiting skilled African-Americans to help in Ethiopia’s development. Mignon immigrated to Ethiopia with …
BajanThings is three years old this month. We published our first page on18th December 2014 and launched the site over the 2014 Christmas break. BajanThings is mostly about things that we are passionate about, events that we have witnessed, or told by those who did and the life of some of the people who were …
Annapurna is one of the 17 mountains over 8,000 meters in the Himalayan mountain range in Nepal. At 8,091 Meters it is the 10th highest peak in the world. It was first climbed in 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. Annapurna has the greatest fatality rate of all of the mountains over 8,000 meters. …
Hugh Morris Alleyne Skinner (6th June 1911 – 10th May 1988) was born in Barbados to Donald and Beatrice Skinner and grew up in Strathclyde. He would later change his stage name to Hugh Laing and be described as one of the most significant dramatic ballet dancers of the 20th century. He was also an …
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Barbados is occasionally visited by Hurricanes which can cause widespread damage and loss of life. Fortunately this does not occur very often. The last major one was Hurricane Janet on 22nd September 1955. After leaving us she went on to wreak havoc in Grenada and then across the Caribbean basin. Much has been written on …
In the 1670’s Stede Bonnet’s grandfather, Thomas Bonnet, owned 179 acres in the parish of St. Michael in Barbados. In 1674 Thomas Bonnet Junior married Mrs. Bridgett Trowell in Christ Church. In his will he asked to be buried with his father. He also gave one of his slaves, Cuffy, his freedom. Stede Bonnet was …
