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Despite its natural beauty, Grenada has experienced turbulent political upheavals in the past. Since the coming of Europeans, the Indians who lived there was forced into war to defend their island. It took the Europeans many years before they finally eliminated the Caribs and Arawaks from Grenada.
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Charles A.O. Phillips
(pen on paper ... 11x14) 1978.

This remarkable Grenadian was born in 1889 in the town of Victoria . He served in the First World War in the battles of Marne and Somme in France.  Phillips medical studies in London was interrupted with the declaration of the war.   He made his mark, however, in the field of agriculture and horticulture.  Phillips introduced a number of modern agricultural techniques to Grenada, including marcotting and budding. (For more information on Phillips' life please refer to the book "Brave Young Grenadians-Loyal British Subjects by George Brizan).

(Available in print/original US$220.00)
French and British colonialists fought for ownership until the British conquered and won in the end. The travails of the island did not end there. Thousands of Africans were shipped to work on tobacco, sugarcane and coffee plantations for European merchants. The island prospered, but very little of the wealth stayed in Grenada. The island went through dozens of social and political unrest since and during slavery up until 1983 when thousands of US-military troops intervened to squash a military junta that assassinated several ministers in the ruling government at the time. These days, Grenada is enjoying stability and with the tourism industry booming and nutmeg price at a comfortable rate, there's no reason why the Spice Isle of the West cannot even be spicier than ever.



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