By Raffique Shah
September 27, 2023
It was a chance encounter with one of only a handful of books on the contemporary history of Trinidad and Tobago that triggered memories of another time, another day. I refer to the late Owen Baptiste’s publication, Crisis. Owen published that book in 1978, shortly after he quit the mainstream newspapers.
A bit of nostalgia struck me: I had to re-read something in it, and I thought why not the beginning. I should add that the front cover carries a photograph of three policemen dressed for internal security operations, wearing the then-traditional anti-riot garments and equipment.
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