Culturalist Elton Elombe Mottley was awarded the Clement Payne National Hero Award 2011 in a ceremony at the Clement Payne Cultural Centre Crumpton Street, St. Michael Wednesday.
The award is presented on an annual basis by the Cultural Payne Movement “to outstanding citizens of Barbados and the Caribbean whose lives and careers exemplify the spirit and mission” of Clement Payne who is one of Barbados’ national heroes.
Organisers said Mottley was given the “award because of his ground breaking and revolutionary contribution to the cultural, artistic, social and psychological development of the Barbadian and Caribbean people over the past four and a half decades”.
