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She was born on Cat Island, Bahamas, [2] and was educated at the University of the West Indies and the University of Miami. She was employed as an administrator at the College of the Bahamas, [1] where she has also been a lecturer and academic dean. [2] The college presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award for culture and literature in ...
Dame Marguerite Pindling, Lady Pindling, ON GCMG (née McKenzie; born 26 June 1932) served as the tenth governor-general of the Bahamas, from 8 July 2014 to 28 June 2019. She is the second female governor-general of the Bahamas after Dame Ivy Dumont. She was married to Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of The Bahamas. [1]
Mary Ingraham was born in the St. Agnes district of Nassau, Bahamas to Ellis H. Mason and his wife Alice Leanora (née Bartlett) Mason. Three of her brothers became musicians in the United States: Norman Mason (1895–1971), a Dixieland clarinetist, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader;
The Bahamas became a British crown colony in 1718, when the British clamped down on piracy. After the American Revolutionary War, the Crown resettled thousands of American Loyalists to the Bahamas; they took enslaved people with them and established plantations on land grants. Enslaved Africans and their descendants constituted the majority of ...
The Bahamas has one of the largest registers of celebrities who reside permanently or have legal resident status in a country, not of their native birth, hometown, or place of origin. This is primarily due to the favourable financial sector that is tax free (from income, capital gains, inheritance, among others [ 7 ] ) and is one of the top ...
Sidney Poitier, first black man to win an Oscar, first black Bahamian actor to win Best Actor, first black Bahamian actor to be nominated for best actor.; Shaunae Miller-Uibo, sprinter, 2016 Olympic 400m champion, and world record holder in 200m straight
In 1957, she began working as a stenographer in the Legal Department of the Bahamas and by 1961 had become the private secretary of the Attorney General. [2] Between 1967 and 1971, she served as an Administrative Officer of the Legal Department and attended law school, [2] earning her membership to the Bahamas Bar Association in 1971. [3]
Sharon R. (Lady) Wilson (born 25 September 1948) is the second female President of the Senate of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. She is the only person, male or female, to have served two non-consecutive terms in that office. [1] [2] She was born in Nassau, Bahamas, and attended public schools there until 1961. She then attended St. John's ...