Eric Williams gave us free education and health care. He cared about us, the public. He taught us to reach for the sky, that we could accomplish anything we put our minds to.....he gave us confidence by the education, he allowed each and every person of Trinidad & Tobago. Calypsonians could have sung about any politicians including him. We were free people to say and do. He never felt threatened by the calypsoes. He was such a sophisticated and classy leader. He stood up to governments of countries which seemed to have wanted to control him and his government for the sale of their goods in Trinidad. He respected the people of Trinidad and Tobago. I loved and respected him always. As far as I am concerned, there has never been another leader in T&T like him. I am so happy to see Erica is involved in prolonging his legacy. Thank you Erica!
So overwhelming to hear Dr. Eric William’s daughter talk so proudly of her father. I loved him so very much even today. I was only a few months old when he started he political career. Grew up listening to his talks and always trying to imitate saying “the people of Trinidad and Tobago “. Happy to see his daughter Mrs. Erica William too. How we need a leader like him once again.
I was very fortunate to have met her some years ago and I was very impressed by her and the love and respect she had for her father you are a lovely person
I was six years' old when Dr Eric Williams became Prime Minister. I remember when he came on TTT air in April 1970, to announce that the country was in lockdown, and rioting and looting was rampant. I was fifteen years' old at the time, and I was sent home sick from school, that morning. He stayed on air that afternoon, constantly giving updates. I read his book, CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY, as an adult. I admired his academic and political achievements.
Growing up in TnT, I have great memories of Dr. Williams. I went to high school near my once rural village and obtained my high school diploma and all GCE and CXC passes. I remembered, people would say he built schools all over the country. Thank you Dr. Williams, RIP.
Erica Williams has done an outstanding job upholding the legacy of Dr. Eric Williams - one of the best Prime Ministers and scholars of any race or creed. Dr. Williams educated a generation and was a man whose contributions to leadership uplifted the West Indies. He did not steal the nation's money, sell passports, or plunder the treasury as is so rampant in some of our islands today. His books should be recommended reading for all West Indians or any scholar desirous of learning about the history of the Caribbean region. May God bless his legacy and grant Erica Williams a long life to continue promoting her noble father. We shall remember him.
@@crazyhandshands9028 Well that is what his daughter said, to learn from his mistakes which he indeed made. He alone did not contribute to Independence or Republican status but he was the main person who brought the people together as a nation in the 50's. He did have an arrogance which was unfair to many along with not doing enough to crack down on corruption. He possibly believed that an educated people would know better and being both educated and patriotic would cause citizens to do the right thing. He should of done more especially when it came to law and order. Socialism has nothing to do with it by the way. Being capitalist was unattractive and unwanted by many of post colonial nations. Socialism or communism were more inline with the anti-imperial and anti-colonial stance of the day.
@@Mega123hello Trinidadians need to stop relying on Governments and start doing things for themselves. You depend on man you get nowhere you depend on God you prosper.
Erica, looking as beautiful as ever! Ever eloquent and honest! Thank you for your consistency and bravery in putting Trinidad and Tobago forward as often and astutely as ever!👌🏾❤️🇹🇹❤️🇹🇹🌺
DR ERIC WILLIAMS was the type of person when he open his mouth to speak ,he attracts the listening ear of everyone.he was truly FATHER OF THE NATION ,AND ALL HE DID WAS TO SHOW HOW MUCH HE CARED FOR HIS PEOPLE.
Nonsense he was a socialist..Disadvantages of socialism include slow economic growth, less entrepreneurial opportunity and competition, and a potential lack of motivation by individuals due to lesser rewards. Trinidad got the same sidewalks concrete drains an airport that leaks and rebuild the Red House so a president can live in give me a break. The police lives in dog kennels your hospitals built with Chinese money , and Charlotte street once owned by blacks is now owned by chinese and syrians ..
@@crazyhandshands9028 Clearly you have ZERO affiliation with Trinidad and Tobago , in an ethnic or hereditary sense. So, why do you care about an island the size of a small U.S. state? Now, I understand that based on many of the policies of Dr. Eric Williams and his political party in the realm of higher education; Trinidad and Tobago now boasts a 99.6% literary rate. They have been energy independent for 100 years as a direct result of those decisions. Their crime rate per capita is almost nonexistent as well. I don’t see that as a bad thing; on an island of 1.5 million people. I also understand that, for intellectually challenged individuals, belief in the cliche, or the stereotype is much easier than reading book. Associating Dr Eric Williams with socialism is a joke, and a bad one at that. It’s almost like you don’t know what was happening in the world at the time when this country gained it’s independence from the United Kingdom. If you don’t know that’s a shame, and a failure on your educators for not teaching you world history. If you do know, then that makes you disingenuous , in relation to every post that you’ve made; and you should be ignored. As far as his net worth is concerned; remember, he wrote a book. That book is part of every African studies course in most Universities in the U.S., the United Kingdom and most of Europe. It has been printed in several different languages. You may hate him, or dark skinned humans in general; but that doesn’t change how much he contributed to that country and it’s people. Her Majesty the Queen loved him, and the people of Trinidad and Tobago loved him enough to vote for him every election. He is part of Trinidadian history and during his tenure as prime minister there wasn’t a violent coup, or racial violence, or a military junta, or an insurgence. So, take that!
@@jeffsthill8208 Your Verbatim don't fool me because we had the black power uprisings k , Dr Eric Williams was a cultural Marxist like it or not it was his way or no way.Eric Eustace Williams is a Spanish author, historian, and politician with a net worth of $28 million why would she need to work right..
Honest really she inherited over 10 millions from a man that took Trinidad now where. Can you imagine in a country with oil and natural gas k we are still painting traffic lines k with a paint brush. We should already have proposed transportation like the above rail system. Who wants to here this woman who never finished her education please.
She was a teenager student 8n ENGLAND disnt even have a job in MCDONALDS........BUT WAS DE RICHEST BKACK WOMAN IN THE WORLD😮 Ah wonder how dat happen........eric Williams teach all TNT POLITICIANS HOW TO TIEF AN GET AWAY SCOTT FREE........Ask OHALLORAN ASK KAMAL M9HAMMED ASK PAYRIVK SOLOMON ASK MONTANO AN DE LIST GOES ON AN ON..........WHI PNM MINISTER 8N THE SEVENTIES WEN DE HEAT WAS ON..........SAY ALL AH WE TIEF.Eric William's de DESTROYER OF SWEET TNT. AH SURE DEY ALL BURNING IN HELL.🤑🤑🤑☹😭😭😢😢
The test of great leadership is... always in its absence. As long as we continue to believe in the Possible...there is Hope. What can 'We' become...? Better than we were...yesterday! Be the Light...for others yet to come. John Ferraz Archtect... Thanks for sharing.
'Windswept Pines at Blenhiem" Seen much we have... Many have come... Still here...for now; Presidents, Prime Ministers...and others; Given shade to many...even Light to few; Still...We stand; still we stand... Left a while longer...to see ourselves, to see...others; For now cold machines dig deep to find... Secret conversations....long gone; One imagines that a New Generation will find solitice...in the View... ln the Seas...in the Winds; They will find answers...already before them; They will find strength in their duties and obligations...steadfast focus in their personal journeys..., Seen much we have...we wait with patient discipline as we have for centuries before; Find they will...all that is ahead; What they do not meet...always finds them eventually; Many have come...many still do so... Still...we are here...'We' are still here; Soon to come...as soon always does... As soon...always does! John Ferraz Architect.
My Brother's name is Eustace Williams i did not know where it came from we are British born with first generation Jamaican parents who came in the Windrush Children these days know more about their place and heritage than i can learn now and my ignorance hurts x
I remember Erica as children we lived on the same street, Cornelio St. Woodbrook. My mother and his mother were friends and she told my mother both his children he had in the USA.
I also lived in Conelio St. Wood brook & grew up with Erica bike riding I was then 8 yrs old. I lived at the corner house now Carpet world. Lovely memories
This Man it seems to bring Calypso to the Notting Hill Carnival campaigner for Human Black Rights my Brother is also a musician i am messed up i know more about Euopean history than Jamaican and African history thank you for sharing x
Thank you Erica. you are as beautiful today as you were the last time I saw you in Trinidad (35) thirty five years ago , back when you were dating Johnny. please believe me when I say you are like red wine. you aged with perfection 😍🥰🥰🥰🥰❤💕💋💋💋💋💋💋
Her net worth is 20 million and never worked one day in her LIFE i wonder who wrote that certainly not her .For someone who quit school and never went to university actually wrote this no way ,because you were afraid of him .
Mrs. Erica Williams Connell, all I can say is simply this, you never know a good thing until thing until it is gone. I am not trying to be funny, nor am I trying to be insulting because I do respect you & your father as well as your late mother. You understand now what you lost (and what you would have had). But when you look back now you not only got what you wanted you actually have more than that!!!! I haven't read any of your father's works (yet, will do in the future).... I guess what I am trying to say is you not only have his writings, speeches etc.... You have a legacy to protect. 😎
What do you consider an education? She speaks well and is highly intelligent. That is an education as well. Not everyone has to pursue tertiary education to be considered successful and educated. Your statement makes absolutely no sense.
Father of who he destroyed Trinidad and pocket over 28 million. She never worked one day in her life . If we were under British rule Trinidad today would be a much better Island .
May God bless her Her father was a great man. How many know their Fathers as we make adverse comments. Let’s get rid of the hate in our hearts. God bless Trinidad and Tobago
