Prime Minister Mia Mottley on Monday paid tribute to Robert ‘Bobby’ Clarke, for standing out in Barbadian society as an “ardent and fearless fighter” for the underdog.The key figure in the local Pan-Africanist movement during the 1970s and 80s, attorney-at-law and social activist died at the age of 90 after recent illness.Prime Minister Mottley said: “Once Bobby took on a noble cause there was no doubt that he was prepared for a battle, his aim always being to make the lives of ordinary people better. In fact, it would not be inaccurate to describe his life as one of constant battles. He battled the establishment as an avowed Pan Africanist; he battled big business and Government as a tenacious trade unionist; he also took on just about everyone as a politician.“Without doubt though, anyone who had the honour of spending time with him soon came to understand that he was imbued with a commitment and passion for fairness and justice, with the protection of the dignity of the working class at the core.”
