The removal of Lord Nelson’s statue in Barbados has received widespread national, regional, and international coverage. We thank Peter Jordens for putting together these samples of the coverage for us to peruse.
Government of Barbados
The removal of Nelson’s statue I (1 hr 28 min)
Prime Minister’s Office Barbados / Barbados Government Information Service, November 16, 2020
The removal of Nelson’s statue II (1 min 30 sec) Prime Minister’s Office Barbados, November 16, 2020
Barbados Today
PM says square to reflect island’s heroes
Randy Bennett, Barbados Today, November 17, 2020 https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/17/pm-says-square-to-reflect-islands-heroes
Good riddance
Randy Bennett, Barbados Today, November 17, 2020 https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/11/17/good-riddance
Pictures (19) by Haroon Greenidge for Barbados Today: https://www.facebook.com/BarbadosToday/photos/ms.c.eJxlkMkJwAAMwzYqce7sv1jppw~;7KyJ hAkMtEJ6dETg8~_EnOMOlbIutMrshqGJEyCGkmGcsdKXuKxXtqnW9GyiF7jr~;RBrFSFt5nvVWiQ94
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Video (1 min 40 sec) by Barbados Today: https://www.facebook.com/BarbadosToday/videos/3290045754456902
The Nation (Barbados)
Mia: Struggle does not end here
Sherrylyn Clarke, The Nation, November 17, 2020 https://www.nationnews.com/2020/11/17/mia-struggle-not-end
Cheers as Nelson’s statue removed in Barbados
The Nation / Stabroek News (Guyana), November 17, 2020 https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/11/17/news/regional/barbados/cheers-as-nelsons- statue-removed-in-barbados
Pictures (24) by Lennox Devonish for The Nation: https://www.facebook.com/NationBarbados/photos/pcb.10157306651570989/1015730660516 5989
Video (1 min 20 sec) by Christopher Drayton for The Nation: https://www.facebook.com/NationBarbados/videos/680947802578628
Barbados Advocate
Nelson down!
Barbados Advocate, November 17, 2020 https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/news/nelson-down
Loop Barbados
Talk Bajan Identity now: Lord Nelson statue in Barbados decommissioned Katrina King, Loop Barbados, November 17, 2020
http://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/barbadians-say-goodbye-statute-slave-owner
Good riddance! Denny glad to see the last of Nelson staute Katrina King, Loop Barbados, November 16, 2020
http://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/good-riddance-denny-glad-see-last-nelson-staute
Vox Pop: Bajans weigh in as Lord Nelson’s statue comes down
Loop Barbados, November 16, 2020
http://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/content/vox-pop-bajans-weigh-lord-nelsons-statue-comes- down
International
Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, removes statue of Lord Nelson TeleSUR, November 16, 2020
Barbados removes Lord Nelson Statue
News Americas Now, November 16, 2020
Barbados removes Nelson statue in break with colonial past Robert Edison Sandiford, Reuters, November 17, 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-barbados-statue/barbados-removes-nelson-statue-in-break- with-colonial-past-idUSKBN27X1UX
Barbados removes 200-year-old statue of Admiral Lord Nelson Tim Stickings, Daily Mail (UK), November 17, 2020
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8958275/Barbados-removes-statue-Lord-Nelson- capital.html
