

Four Caribbean achievers will be honoured on April 12, 2008 at the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence. Professor David Dabydeen and Mr James Husbands have won Anthony N Sabga Awards in the areas of Arts & Letters and Science & Technology. Ms Arjoon and Mrs Richardson-Pious will share an award for Public & Civic Contributions. Each Award consists of a gold medal, a citation and TT$500,000. The Awards are given by the ANSA McAL Foundation.
The Awards Ceremony will begin with a cocktail reception and dinner and culminate in the presentation of the Awards. There is no application process for the Anthony N Sabga Awards. Each winner was nomi¬nated by a Country Nominating Committee and selected by a Regional Eminent Persons Selection Panel chaired by Sir Ellis Clarke. There are Country Nominating Committees in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, and Trinidad & Tobago.
About the Laureates:
Professor Dabydeen, a prize-winning Guyanese writer and academic, is course convenor for the Master of Arts degree in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature in English at Warwick University in the UK. He has published over 20 books, and won the Commonwealth Prize for his first book, Slave Song. “At the age of ten I knew I wanted to be a writer and nothing else,” he said in an interview after the announcement of the 2008 Anthony Sabga Awards in Janu¬ary. “I hope that the prize will encourage publishers to take Caribbean literature more seriously. There aren’t a great deal of outlets for writers, certainly not in Guyana. Because of the prize I hope it will help inspire publishers to take more of a chance with the literature.” |
Mr James Husbands heads the major solar water heater firm in the Caribbean, Solar Dynamics. A Barbadian entrepreneur, he has spent over 30 years in the industry and his company has installed over 33,000 solar water heaters. These help in the conservation of the environment as the sun is a “clean” source of energy. Mr Husbands said, “The Award is the most significant regional award program. The confidential execution of the program is very useful, as it removes the anxiety prospects may face and the disappointment at not winning. All entrants are winners in their communities, as their nomination shows that their contribution has been noted by many in their respective communities.” |
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