Date of publication: Monday 1 September 2025

Trinidad and Tobago pays tribute to the nation’s Afro-descendant community on Emancipation Day, which marks the ending of slavery throughout the British Empire

Sunday 17 August 2025

by Wedaeli Chibelushi

Source: BBC News

Augustine Ogbo works as a doctor, treating patients in clinics across the striking Caribbean island of St Lucia.

When he returns to his home in the coastal town of Rodney Bay, he clocks in for his second job – as the owner and solo chef of a Nigerian takeaway.

“Egusi soup and fufu, that’s more popular… they love jollof rice too,” Dr Ogbo says, reeling off a list of his customers’ favourite dishes.

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