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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
PHYLLIS COARD, co-founder of the National Women’s Organisation of Grenada from 1977 to 1983, lived through momentous times on the tiny island.
In 1979, the New Jewel Movement ousted Eric Gairy and his vicious Mongoose Gang to start what became known as “the Revo.”
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