to you 39 facts about the man who led Saint Lucia to
39 years ago – the Right Honourable Sir John George
Melvin Compton.
In this issue we also celebrate...
Yannette James better known as Oshun Yan – Saint
Lucia's calypso sweetheart and reigning queen of
Muzik En San Nou.
Demedrius Charles, a movie producer, writer and
poet with his sights set on Hollywood and is working
his darndest to get there.
Claudette Ubekha Charles – an author, who recently
published a series of books with literature children
(and adults) of St. Lucia and the diaspora can directly
relate to.
editor's note
MONICA VICTOR
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Julius "GOZILAY" Peter, the artist who brought you,
the widely popular and patriotic Country and Western
song "Born Lucian."
As you flip the pages of this issue, you will also find in
An Tan Lontan, the story of my dad – a sugarcane
migrant worker in the '60s; tidbits on St. Lucian history
onjour Manmay LaKay! Greetings
St. Lucian people! It is with a deep
in Did You Know and even the 'unofficial' national
word of St. Lucia in Looshan Lingo.
sense of national pride that I greet
you in the second issue of Manmay LaKay Magazine. In Visual Stories see the picture of Hena Lee Fevrier –
Woohoo! Mon Repos Combined School's reigning Miss
Independence Queen beautifully adorned in
Earlier this year, St. Lucians all over the globe
St. Lucia's national wear.
celebrated St. Lucia's 39th Independence from Great
Britain. And rightfully so, we are celebrating all year In Talent Manmay LaKay, immerse yourself in a
long. So, I seize this moment to wish each and every beautiful and patriotic poem by Eustecia Herman.
one of you Manmay LaKay, both at home and abroad a
very Happy Independence.
And if you're wondering just who is proudly wearing
our beautiful Manmay LaKay tees – besides me, of
May God bless you and may God continue to bless our course (lol) and how you can get yours too – find out
fair Helen of the West Indies. May the leaders of this in Ti Boutique Nou.
great country of ours continue to guide and govern in a
manner that is pleasing and beneficial to the country
Now come on in, let's celebrate!
and its people.
In keeping with our mission of celebrating and uplifting
our fellow Manmay LaKay, I present to
Executive Producer