In 1983 Ann Peters was a young nursing teacher and president of the Nurses Association in Grenada.
On the morning of October 19, 1983, Ann’s nursing students made no bones about their reaction to current events in Grenada – namely the house arrest of the country’s prime minister, Maurice Bishop – by scrawling a ‘No Bishop No School!’ slogan on the classroom blackboard.
In a matter of hours, Ann found herself in the Ops Room at Fort Rupert with Bishop, Jacqueline Creft, and several of Bishop’s key supporters. Ann was one of the last people to see Bishop, Creft and others alive before they were executed by other members of the NJM and the PRA.
Thirty years later, in October 2013, Alex Last interviewed Ann for the BBC radio program Witness, a series that looks at key events in history. What follows is a portion of the broadcast interview.
Listen to the Interview with Ann Peters (9 minutes)
Source: BBC Radio 4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03fh1zg
Ann Peters went on to serve as Grenada’s Minister of Health from 2008 – 2013. She currently lives in Grenada.
