By: Precious Mills
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Wednesday 14th September 2022) — “You can’t just come there and leave in five or ten minutes. The least you can spend in there is two to three hours so that you can absorb what we have.” So said well-known Cultural Preservationist Winston ‘Zack’ Nisbett about his annual Independence Exhibition to be showcased at Zack’s Historical-Cultural Library and Museum at Buckley’s Estate in Basseterre from Friday 16th September (National Heroes Day) to Friday 30th September 2022 under the theme ‘Independence Awareness.’
“The focus of the exhibition ‘Independence Awareness’ is for people to get to know where they came from and where they’re going; the real depth of where we came into independence. Before we had statehood and all that, we had colonialism and so it shows in stages the whole system as it played out over the years and the persons who made it possible,” Nisbett said. The exhibition would highlight information about influential figures such as Robert Bradshaw, C. A. Paul Southwell, Joseph Nathaniel France (three national heroes), James Mathew Sebastian and F. T. Williams. “There is the entire development through pictures — a lot of pictures indicating what transpired during that time from the initial stage when we were St. Kitts-Nevis and Anguilla and we split ties into St. Kitts-Nevis and we progressed throughout. I’m inviting everybody to come because it is something that you really want to know about; very important and educational. It gives you the scope that you can defend yourself in any argument because of what you would have observed and learnt,” he expressed. Individuals and groups including schools are invited; the exhibition runs daily from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. Contact Nisbett at 664-9016 for more information.