During last weekend’s visit to Nelson Island, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC announced that the Government is moving toward renaming the historic island which was the landing site for thousands of Indian indentured labourers.

Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh, is strongly supporting the Government’s decision to rename Nelson Island, noting that the current name reflects only British colonial control and fails to represent the island’s diverse history.

Speaking with TTT News on Wednesday, Dr. Teelucksingh reminded that the island’s story goes far beyond indentureship.