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Hurricane Irma, destruction & loss
Dickson Igwe
The following story is part of a series on Hurricane Irma: A STORY OF DISASTER: HURRICANE IRMA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. Hurricane Irma, a monster Hurricane, struck the Virgin Islands on September 6, 2017. Irma was the strongest hurricane to have visited the Caribbean in recorded history. Its impact to the Virgin Islands meant the worst disaster to visit the Virgin Islands since the 1800s. Irma was the Virgin Islands 911.
A story of Disaster: Hurricane Irma & the Virgin Islands
Dickson Igwe
The following story begins a series of narratives on Hurricane Irma that should eventually become a book. Hurricane Irma was the worst disaster to visit the Virgin Islands since the 1800s. Irma was the Virgin Islands 911.
Learning, education & technological disruption
Dickson Igwe
The world of education and learning is changing too slowly for a swiftly changing world of work, and major social change. Educators must be aware of this development.
The true meaning of national prosperity
By Dickson Igwe
Now this Economics Layman has learned rather late in his life that Gross Domestic Product is not the alpha and omega of a country’s prosperity. The argument he has accepted this August, 2017 AD, is that it is better viewing social development measures, such as quality of life, and human and social welfare, as benchmarks of national prosperity.
The Resurrection of Jim Crow
Dickson Igwe
President Donald J. Trump’s dog whistles to Nazis and white nationalists is symptomatic of America’s longest lasting national evil: racism.
Crime & Virgin Islands Society
Dickson Igwe
Fighting crime in the Virgin Islands without factoring in the cultural and social element will end in complete failure.
The VI has become ‘desensitised’ to violence- Frank Mahoney
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “For me I ask this question, where is this crime coming from? You have to look at the history. The Virgin Islands (VI) was an agrarian community and everybody knew each other as one village. Then came tourism and finance and the colony shifted from agrarian to service and we had a lot of migration coming into the community and that village dynamic disappeared.”
The Brexit economy: A layman’s view
Dickson Igwe
Now, this economics layman was never in favour of Brexit. He enjoys and values his status as a Virgin Islands Citizen, British Citizen, and a Citizen of Europe. He doesn’t fancy having to apply for a visa to visit Paris and Vienna, add Rome and Barcelona, which he intends to do some day. He would never have had to apply for a visa before Brexit: after Brexit he might just have to.
Culture & race
Dickson Igwe
Globalisation and the one world order have been supplanted by a resurgent western nationalism. This is a new beast based upon cultural power, not race.
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