OLGA LOPES-SEALE

'Dame Olga Lopes-Seale', DA, GCM, MBE, BBS, (born December 26, 1918) is a Guyanese-Barbadian social and community worker, broadcaster and singer. Born in Guyana she worked as a broadcaster for Radio Demerara (where she was affectionately known as "Auntie Olga")^[1] before migrating to Barbados with her Barbadian husband Dick Seale. In Barbados she worked for the Barbados Redifussion Company Limited (now Starcom Network) and was active in community work. In the 1940s and 50s she was known as "the Vera Lynn of the Caribbean"^[2]
In 2005 she was made a Dame of St. Andrew.^[3]

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1. 'Auntie Olga' still going strong in Barbados Guyana Chronicle, March 12, 2001
2. Olga Lopes-Seale : Our Energetic Humanitarian - Barbados.org
3. 2005 Independence Day Honours List