Dinner with Sir Sidney Poitier: Remarks by Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister

Wed, Aug 22nd 2012, 12:18 PM

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Los Angeles, Calif.

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Tuesday August
21st, 2012

 

Every Bahamian
grows up knowing of Sidney Poitier.

Every Bahamian
knows the greatness of the man, achieved over an extraordinary lifetime.

And Americans
and Bahamians can agree: Sidney Poitier is one of a kind.

Cat Island is
a beautiful, hilly island in the central Bahamas. I have the honour to
represent Cat Island in our National Parliament. His Excellency, Sir Sidney
Poitier grew up on Cat Island working on a farm -- fishing and swimming in
clear calm waters while attending school.

Although he
later moved to Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, and then to the United
States, as a Cat Islander...

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