“Everyone wants decent work and economic growth”

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas’ sovereign wealth pre-dates European imperial ambitious
expansion into the Arawak Region (colonial called the Caribbean)with a robust free trade area
amongst the Arawaks.
Lukka Kairi Arawaks on that beautiful sun-shining day of October 12, 1492, never could have
anticipated that first encounter with the Spanish armada led by mariner Cristoforo Colombo,
Mula, Spain(Christoper Columbus, Genoa, Italy), would usher in European imperial
socioeconomic depravity for them and us as their direct descendants in these Lukka Kairi
Arawak Archipelago into 2024.
Upon his landing on Guanahani Island, Colombo and his men met Lukka Kairi Arawaks,
Colombo referred to them as “Indians” thinking he had reached India from the western route.
The Spanish called them “Lucayos” meaning “people of the islands” (from then till 2024 Lukka
Kairi Arawaks is known as “Western Taino” or” Lucayan Taino/Lucayos”). It was common
practise during the centuries of the “Doctrine of Discovery” to impose their imperial might,
language, and culture on indigenous peoples they encountered.
The Lukka Kairi Arawaks seeing Colombo and his men, came out to them by swimming to them
and by their canoes. The Lukka Kairi Arawaks offered the Spanish parrots, cotton threads
wrapped in darts, and skeins in an act of trade. Our Lukka Kairi Arawak Ancestors are
Entrepreneurs. The Spanish responded by giving the Lukka Kairi Arawaks red caps, green
glass beads, brass rings, and small bells.
After Colombo returned from his 1st voyage, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella (applied) to
the Pope for exclusive rights to all the lands that were found.
They called them the “Indies” thinking he had found India.
The Pope loved the idea, as he was Spanish, and was already very pleased with his
countrymen for chasing out the Moors from Granada.
As a result, the Pope, Alexander VI, made a edic (also called Papal Bulls) called the Inter
Caetera (issued in May 1493) which conferred all rights to Spain.
Lukka Kairi Arawaks now Bahamian Citizens in May 2024 some 531 years later is still under the
socioeconomic effects of Inter Caetera. Not only for a lack of knowledge but also because we
are afraid to accept factual knowledge that goes against what we were taught out of fear
(political, religious, and social). This generation is going to stand on PRINCIPLE and
INTEGRITY.
Burma Road Riot, General Strike, and many unions in recent times threatened to shut the
country down if justice and economic fairness were not negotiated. This while from colonial days
British Subjects were mining salt, sand, and aragonite and shipping it out of the country for
hundreds of millions of dollars.
To add insult to injury, our parliament is questionably the majority of Lukka Kairi Arawak
Ancestry.
It really does not matter if you are of Lukka Kairi Arawak Ancestry, or born in The
Commonwealth of The Bahamas to non-Bahammians, once you love these beautiful Lucayan
Archipelgo\Bahama Islands, its your rite of heritage to have a soverign wealth fund, its your rite
to nationalize all natural resourses (salt, sand, oil, aragonite, and carbon credits), we have many
examples, Qatar, Switzerland, and now Burkino Faso. It is your RITE to Demand “no taxation
without proper representation”, until we get that, in my humble opinion, the wealth will never be
common in these islands we call “The Common Wealth of The Bahamas”!!!
Nathaniel Ala’da’ Ogunito Higgs
Businessman
Community Activist
Luv N Father!!!!!
15 JANUARY 2024