Alyssa Phillip represents all of us in our nation today. For those who do not want to understand, this young woman wants answers to an abomination in our country. We all saw a video that has led us to be enraged by the twisting interpretation that is being force fed to us. For many citizens the 1970 Black Power Movement was not experienced. Miss Phillip has wrung that bell. Hers is the brave face of the female warriors in history whose names have passed down through the ages. Names like Nandy and Nanny the Maroon. We stand with Alyssa and beg the powers that be to remember their humanity and meet with her and her supporters, answer their questions and defuse this bomb that they have consciously lit with their arrogance.
Adele Todd is an Artist, Graphic Designer, Lecturer at the University of the West Indies and a Writer of Art and Design focused on Trinidad and Tobago.
