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Manmay LaKay! Greetings
onjour
Lucian people! It is with a deep
St.
in the second issue of Manmay LaKay Magazine.
you
Woohoo!
this year, St. Lucians all over the globe
Earlier
St. Lucia's 39th Independence from Great
celebrated
And rightfully so, we are celebrating all year
Britain.
So, I seize this moment to wish each and every
long.
of you Manmay LaKay, both at home and abroad a
one
Happy Independence.
very
God bless you and may God continue to bless our
May
Helen of the West Indies. May the leaders of this
fair
country of ours continue to guide and govern in a
great
that is pleasing and beneficial to the country
manner
keeping with our mission of celebrating and uplifting
In
fellow Manmay LaKay, I present to
our
you 39 facts about the man who led Saint Lucia to
to
years ago – the Right Honourable Sir John George
39
this issue we also celebrate...
In
James better known as Oshun Yan – Saint
Yannette
calypso sweetheart and reigning queen of
Lucia's
En San Nou.
Muzik
Charles, a movie producer, writer and
Demedrius
with his sights set on Hollywood and is working
poet
Ubekha Charles – an author, who recently
Claudette
a series of books with literature children
published
adults) of St. Lucia and the diaspora can directly
(and
to. relate
"GOZILAY" Peter, the artist who brought you,
Julius
widely popular and patriotic Country and Western
the
you flip the pages of this issue, you will also find in
As
Tan Lontan, the story of my dad – a sugarcane
An
worker in the '60s; tidbits on St. Lucian history
migrant
Did You Know and even the 'unofficial' national
in
Visual Stories see the picture of Hena Lee Fevrier –
In
Repos Combined School's reigning Miss
Mon
Queen beautifully adorned in
Independence
Lucia's national wear.
St.
Talent Manmay LaKay, immerse yourself in a
In
and patriotic poem by Eustecia Herman.
beautiful
if you're wondering just who is proudly wearing
And
beautiful Manmay LaKay tees – besides me, of
our
(lol) and how you can get yours too – find out
course
Ti Boutique Nou.
in
Melvin Compton.
his darndest to get there.
editor's note
song "Born Lucian."
Welcome to Manmay LaKay Magazine–
your magazine.
M O N I C A V I C T O R
B
sense of national pride that I greet
word of St. Lucia in Looshan Lingo.
Now come on in, let's celebrate!
and its people.
Executive Producer