George Price Biography and Pictorial | Cayo Scoop!  The Ecology of Cayo Culture | Scoop.it

Some really great historical pictures in this biography of George Price.  

 

His biographer Godfrey Smith wrote that "Scrutiny of the life of any remarkable leader is bound to reveal contradictions.  Price’s personal lifestyle perhaps threw up fewer contradictions.  Like Jamaica's Michael Manley who used the more tropics-friendly Kariba suit, Price forsook the western style suit in favour of the guayabera.  For the duration of his long career, he owned one suit that he used for international meetings and never abandoned the guayabera.  Price lived his entire adult life in utter defiance of materialism, owning just a few items of clothing, the barest wooden furniture, and no appliances or stereo equipment; all he owned was a radio.  Price is described as 'father of the nation', 'father of independence', 'national hero', and 'man of the people'.  He moved easily and confidently among the people without any bodyguards and could be seen walking to church every morning at 5:30 a.m. and picking up paper and bits of trash as he moved along the streets."