When Kamaldai Williams lost her cattle farmer husband who was stabbed to death five years ago during what she says was a dispute between cattle and rice farmers in the Black Bush Polder she took his place at the head of a business enterprise that is usually demanding even for seasoned men. Prior to the tragedy that changed her life, her full-time job was that of a mother to her children, two boys in their twenties who have now become her ‘right hand’ and two girls, both of who are now teachers. All of her children are married and at 45 she is now a grandmother of seven.
Kamaldai, her sons, their wives and their three children live together at Alness Village on the Corentyne.
