Rihanna Is Officially a National Hero of Barbados

 


Barbados has overthrown Queen Elizabeth II as the nation’s head of state and declared itself a republic. Out with colonialism and bloody history of imperial legacies, and in with Rihanna and Dame Sandra Mason. On this historic day for Barbados, Rihanna accepted the title of “national hero.”

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