The entire Caribbean has been jolted by a loss of volcanic enormitude with the muting of one of its most powerful voices: the death of novelist, poet, storyteller and political advocate George Lamming.
True to form, George seemed to have written his final earthly statement by quietly passing from this world and missing the national, regional and international celebration of his life, by timing his death for three days before he reached his 95th year, as if that would have been too much for him.