Wherever Barbadians go in the world, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with responsibility for Pan African Affairs and Heritage Trevor Prescod says, there is something unmistakeable about them – a mystery, as he put it, that announces itself without introduction.

It was that sense of a distinct and living identity that framed his address at the official launch of Heritage Month 2026, held at the Cricket Legends of Barbados Museum in Fontabelle on Saturday. The month-long observance runs from June 1 to 30.

Prescod was emphatic that heritage extends well beyond the physical.