The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

So, we celebrate ex-Columbus Day and I started to think - so if Columbus never came across the Atlantic and landed in San Salvador would I be here?

100% of African stock - my ancestors were enslaved in Liberia and shipped here.

My conclusion - none of us of African heritage would be here. So, we don’t celebrate Columbus?

Okay, Columbus’ ancestors from Europe developed the Africa-Caribbean Slave trade, but who at the African end benefitted?

I’m muddled, Editor. To me we have to thank and praise the good gentleman Columbus as the majority of Bahamians would still be in Africa doing what or with what level of economics unsure.

Anyway, we all love a holiday!

K MURPHY

Nassau,

October 10, 2022.