The last time we reported on the TV Ramos bust sculpted by Stephen Okeke was 5 months ago. That's when he couldn't find a buyer and smashed the bust. Well, tonight, all has been restored: the bust is in Dangriga, after Okeke personally delivered it today.
And, No, he didn't get paid for it. He told us that the sculpture is on credit to the town, and when he gets paid for it - if he ever does - it will be at a 30% discount.
What we do know is that Okeke decided to deliver it to Dangriga in time for Garifuna Settlement Day.
Okeke stressed to us that he is contented with finally getting the bust to Dangriga, which is where it was supposed to have gone when it was first finished.
Right now it is at the Dangriga Temporary Town Hall, where it was enthusiastically received. Fittingly so, because it was through the efforts of Thomas Vincent Ramos as a social activist that Garifuna Settlement Day was first observed in 1941.
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