Season 1 · Episode 55
055: Barbados: A New Republic
The History Hotline · Deanna Lyncook
December 6, 202145m 51s
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Show Notes
On the 55th anniversary of Barbadian Independence, they transitioned from a 'constitutional monarchy' to a parliamentary republic'. By removing the queen from her position, the democratic nation of 300,000 people is finally free of one of the last institutionalised vestiges of British colonialism. Barbados is officially the world’s newest republic... To find out what this means, how it will impact the Caribbean and of course a brief history of Barbados, tune in!