Why Thousands Of Tobagonians Marched To Reclaim Beaches In 1970
During a series of interviews with Visual Art and Production on 26 July 2020, activists Embau Moheni, Opoku Ware, and Clive Nunez recounted how thousands of people in the Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago confronted a Swedish-owned hotel in April 1970 to demand access to public beaches.
Five decades later, the 1970 Black Power Revolution for access to land, water, and freedom from foreign control following independence from Britain remains a powerful reminder of how ordinary people can organise in the face of state crackdowns. Unfortunately, authorities arrested key figures, dissolving the movement’s momentum.
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