Caribbean Report 07-03-1997

In this report, Ken Richards along with other correspondents report on the death of former Jamaican Prime Minister, Michael Manley. Hugh Crosskill traces Manley's political career and development. In a segment with Ken Richards, sentiments are expressed from Dr. Trevor Monroe, a U.W.I. reader in politics and government, P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Edward Seaga, Opposition Leader, Bruce Golding, National Democratic Movement Chairman, Lester Bird, CARICOM chairman and finally from Trinidadian Prime Minister Basdeo Panday. Julia Thompson reports similar sentiments expressed internationally with interviews with Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Secretary General of the Commonwealth and Larry Birns, a Washington based Professor. A segment is devoted to an interview with Dr. Trevor Monroe, where the view that there was the ending of an era with the deaths of Cheddi Jagan and Michael Manley is discussed. Yvette Rowe then reports on the media coverage in Jamaica of Manley's death. In the final segment, annonymous Jamaican people at home and in New York express their feelings on the death of Michael Manley and a past interview with him is aired.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	The British Broadcasting Corporation, Richards, Ken (anchor), Crosskill, Hugh (correspondent), Munroe, Trevor (interviewee), Patterson, P. J. (interviewee), Seaga, Edward (interviewee), Golding, Bruce (interviewee), Bird, Lester (interviewee), Panday, Basdeo (interviewee), Thompson, Julia (correspondent), Anyaoku, Emeka (interviewee), Birns, Larry (interviewee), Rowe, Yvette (correspondent)
Other Authors:	The University of the West Indies
Format:	Recording, oral biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	The British Broadcasting Corporation 2011-10-05T18:14:07Z
Subjects:	Manley, Michael, 1924-1997., Politicians, > Jamaica, > Death., Jamaica, > Politics and government., Prime Ministers, > Jamaica., Political parties, > Jamaica., Caribbean politicians., Jamaican politicians., Jamaican leaders.,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/2139/11287
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