MSGR PATRICK ANTHONY SPEAKS ON FUTURE OF KWÉYÒL LANGUAGE
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CATHOLICS & CREOLE [9TH OCTOBER 2025] – Monsignor Patrick Anthony, founder and namesake of the Folk Research Centre, spoke on the long-fought battle of granting the Kwéyòl language its official place in St Lucia’s education system. He cited the neocolonial barriers that permeate the names we give to the language itself, which has denied St Lucian children the intellectual advantage of bilingualism. Shyne Savory tells us more.