Apartheid was evil. To the people of the Caribbean, cognizant of their own history of slavery and colonialism, it was a cruel and unjust system that needed to be dismantled as a matter of urgency. Names Like Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, and Steve Biko were widely known, regularly extolled, and immortalized in song. The South African authorities regarded them as terrorists. As far as we were concerned they were the world’s greatest heroes.

Offered the opportunity, many in the West Indies would have taken up arms against the South African tyrants without a second thought. They were, after all, the most despicable sort and it was therefore the duty of every person to oppose them at every turn. Anyone providing them succour, or who appeared to be legitimizing their corrupt regime was, in effect, no different than the oppressors themselves and were to be treated as such.

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