Has there ever been an elected female Prime Minister in the Caribbean before Kamla ?
Eugenia Charles was Dominica's Prime Minister from 1980-1995.
They called margerrete tacher the iron lady, but i feel this charles woman was the real forkin iron lady yes!! imagine she ban all rasta from dominica and no body with the hairstyle was allowed in the country!
she run dat place with ah iron fist! fellas couldn't make ah note , or else is hangman noose in yuh rass!
"Dreads (E) A violent group of disaffected youth who branched away from mainstream Rastafarianism in Dominica during the 1970s. Persons described as Dreads because of their lifestyle and "dread locks" took to living in the forest, raiding the gardens of farming communities and, particularly in the southern half of Dominica, some were responsible for the deaths of a number of citizens in isolated areas. As a mood of panic hit the island, The Prohibited and Unlawful Societies and Associations Act was passed in 1974, commonly called "The Dread Act". The wearing of grass skirts for clothes was also banned. Certain persons questioned the constitutionality of these measures. In August 1975 a Commission of Enquiry was established to look into the situation and its social causes. After a lull of some years, events reached a climax in 1981 when a group of Dreads, assisted secretly by members of the now defunct Defence Force, were found to be associated with plans to overthrow the Dominica Freedom Party government. The "Dread Act" was repealed and replaced by The Terrorist Act. By 1982 the "Dread period" could be said to have been over."
