Biography

“Dr Hilda Bynoe was appointed as governor of Grenada in 1968, as one of the very first local governors in the Caribbean and the first woman, and black woman, to be appointed a governor anywhere in the Commonwealth.  All previous governors had been white, male and British.” (Peepal Tree Press).  Dr. Antonia McDonald adds that “The Governor’s Story has a distinctive oral quality; it is easy t0 read because it evokes the storyteller charming us with tales of a Grenadian past…”