Creating a space for Barbadian creatives to hone and share their talents was long a focus of today's guest, Elombe Mottley. This only grew more once he became the CEO of the National Cultural Foundation. He helps us understand the arts scene of the time and how the national Crop Over Festival fit into that cultural evolution. This episode is the fourth and final episode of season one of Our One Sixty Six. Support the show
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Creating a space for Barbadian creatives to hone and share their talents was long a focus of today's guest, Elombe Mottley. This only grew more once he became the CEO of the National Cultural Foundation. He helps us understand the arts scene of the time and how the national Crop Over Festival fit into that cultural evolution. This episode is the fourth and final episode of season one of Our One Sixty Six. Support the show
By the late 1970s, Barbados was celebrating a decade of being an independent nation. It was a time for defining and redefining what made things Barbadian. It was a time for Crop Over to come to the big stage. Our guest this week is Elton “Elombe” Mottley, a well-known cultural activist who played an active role in developing the national Crop Over festival. Support the show
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Creating a space for Barbadian creatives to hone and share their talents was long a focus of today's guest, Elombe Mottley. This only grew more once he became the CEO of the National Cultural Foundation. He helps us understand the arts scene of the time and how the national Crop Over Festival fit into that cultural evolution. This episode is the fourth and final episode of season one of Our One Sixty Six. Support the show
