Bridgetown, May 9 -- A historic reconnection is unfolding in Barbados this week. The Caribbean island which produced two presidents of Liberia, Arthur Barclay, the 15th president who ruled Liberia from 1904-1912, and Edwin Barclay, the 18th who ruled from 1943-1944, is welcoming scores of descendants whose families boarded the Brig Cora in 1865 for Liberia where they settled and help the new Liberian republic shape its legacy as the oldest independent nation on the African continent.

Addressing parliament recently, Prime Minister Mia Mottley recognized the importance of the event, dubbed, "Back to Barbados". "We will also be reconnecting with our roots in Liberia. Many people do not know that the first Bajan to be a President in this wor...