The Governor’s Story: The Authorised Biography of Dame Hilda Bynoe

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One of the first actual local governors within the Caribbean within the years before independence, and the first woman—and black woman, at that—to be appointed governor anywhere within the Commonwealth, Dr. Hilda Bynoe’s appointment placed her on the heart of local, regional, and international change, and later of conflict. This biography, the one authorized account of Bynoe’s life, probes beyond the governor’s story for its antecedents and its meaning in a broader Caribbean context. In keeping with interviews with Bynoe herself, Merle Collins—a native Grenadian who was once involved within the events that in the end led to the governor’s resignation, because of the latter’s ties to Premier Eric Gairy and his repression of political opposition—explores the meaning of ancestry, circle of relatives, the small nation state and regional identities, intra- and extra-Caribbean migration, class, and race within the formation of Dr. Bynoe’s conception of her role. In doing so, Collins provides an insightful portrayal, not only of an exceptional woman, but also of the emergence of an aspiring working class into a new Caribbean middle class. This biography, which ably blends local knowledge, empathetic identification, narrative skills, and analytical questioning, serves as crucial record of the political history of Grenada.

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