My Early Life On St. Kitts and Nevis
An autobiography of the first 22 years
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My early years were spent in Newtown. My birth was a normal one and home delivery. I had been advised that the attending midwife was a jovial lady whom every one called Nurse West, and who later on in life got married to become Mrs. Archibald. I was told that I weighed ten pound thirteen ounces at birth and this was confirmed some fifty seven years later by Nurse Aurora Turner, who told me that my birth was the first she attended as a student nurse; she vividly remembered the bouncing baby boy and that she had had the pleasure of doing the weighing. I was baptised at the Wesley Methodist Church in Basseterre and was named Clement David Obadiah and was always called by father’s surname, Williams. Life in Newtown was relatively easy for us, when compared with the other people in our environs. My mother was called by her first name, Lucille by her counterparts but all who were younger called her Miss Lucille. My mother was an iconic figure within the community of Newtown. Her principal occupation was that of a huckster and food vendor. She sold many items of provisions, charcoal, salt and homemade confectionaries such as sugar cake, peppermint sweets and ice-cream. She cooked ‘tons’ of food daily on an open fire fuelled by wood.
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CLEMENT “BOUNCIN’” WILLIAMS - B.Sc (UWI), M.Sc (Reading Univ.-UK) DOB: AUGUST 13, 1948 Status: MARRIED Spouse: Cynthia V. Williams TWO(2) Children: Clement Jomo Jihan Adika Career Highlights High School Teacher: Mathematics and Natural Sciences Curriculum Development Officer and National Coordinator High School Sciences Caribbean Examination Council – Examiner (Chemistry) Taxi and Tour Operator Actor, Artistic Director and Producer Community Theatre Group Author and Playwright I loved it all! Especially the portion about the entrepreneurial prowess of the author’s mother!!!! AMAZING!!!Being first generation Kitty-Nevy I don't have the privilege of the oratory exchange between one generation and another about life on St. Kitts and Nevis in years gone by. This book provides me with that oratory exchange; ranging from food and beverage preparations to reasons for the creation of communities which I pass often on my current day's journey to aspects of our Health, Education, Economic and Political systems. Thus presenting great evidence of the tremendous strides our Federation has made over the decades. Whether from the Federation or the wider Caribbean this book will cause some to reminisce, others to be educated and for all to take pride in the wisdom of our people! – Unoma Allen, M.Sc. Lecturer CFB College, St. Kitts.