The air was thick with anticipation. The country was electrified, moving rhythmically to the beating heart of freedom! The streets were empty. The shop windows unlit. The wharf was abandoned. The sounds of rake ’n’ scrape pierced the air as revelry shook the country to its bones. The people’s jubilation could be felt anywhere within the 700 island archipelago. The Bahamas, an independent nation “dun reach."