UDkt. Jean Holder Ukudlula: Lalela Isitatimende esithinta inhliziyo sikaMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett waseJamaica

UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett ube ngomunye womholi wokuqala wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaican okhiphe isitatimende esilandelayo ngokudlula emhlabeni kukaDkt. Holder:

“UDkt. UJean Holder ngempela uyindoda yaseCaribbean eyisakhiwo sodumo eyedlule isifunda yaya endaweni yomhlaba wonke. Ukhonze ezokuvakasha njengomdondoshiya wangempela, futhi sonke singcono ngakho. Ngempela, emahlombe akhe osomabhizinisi abaningi abahamba phambili bezokuvakasha eCaribbean, abaphathi, abahleli, ongqondongqondo, ngisho nongqongqoshe bamile njengoba sidweba indlela yokwenza iCaribbean ibe ngenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili emhlabeni.

“Siyakhala ngokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, kodwa siyaziqhenya ngefa lakhe.

“UJamaica uyaziqhenya ngokuba nalobu budlelwano nale ndoda yaseCaribbean yaseBarbados. Sonke esikweletini sakhe.

“Sidlulisa amazwi enduduzo ezinganeni zakhe nakwabanye ababambisene nabo abaningi ababalulekile, ababambiqhaza, kanye nomndeni owengeziwe omamukele wamhaqa esaphila.

"Sengathi umphefumulo wakhe ungalala ngokuthula."

UDkt. Holder usebenzele izwe lakubo iminyaka engu-14 njengobuso be-Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) iminyaka engu-30. Kamuva, wathatha isikhundla sokuba nguSihlalo we-LIAT yenkampani yesifunda. Phambilini, uDkt. Holder wayeyisifundiswa saseBarbadian esafunda e-Oxford University eLondon naseNyuvesi yaseToronto eCanada, wasebenza njengoNobhala WokuQala kuKhomishana Ephakeme yaseBarbados, eyasungulwa ngemva kwenkululeko, ngaphambi kokubuyela eBarbados ngo-1968 ukuyohola inhlangano. Uphiko Lwezomnotho Nenqubomgomo Yomnyango Wezangaphandle.

UDkt. Holder ubuye waba yingxenye yesiko laseBarbados, wakha ikomidi leNational Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) alihola nedlanzana lamaciko aqavile aseBarbados ngo-1973.