Trinidad’s Government will pay $2 million to acquire the memorabilia of the Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco).
Minister of Culture Lincoln Douglas said yesterday the money will go to the family of the calypsonian. He said the Ministry of Culture will acquire the memorabilia for a ten-year period, with the option for renewal.
“We would have a ten-year unlimited access with custodianship…to replicate, license material, derive income and put on show and curate the works of the Mighty Sparrow,” he said.
Douglas said he expected Sparrow’s works to be put on display by February 2015 and that Government will license all the memorabilia which includes six crowns, 52 certificates, 42 CDs, eight citations, four DVDs, 14 medals, 136 plaques, 76 pictures, 22 proclamations, eight tokens, 94 trophies and 78 videos.
He said Government was preparing a festival village to display the items in Port of Spain.