Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) Rihanna has become Barbados' only living National Hero ...

(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue) A local guide explained to the streamer how the island's national heroes, including Nanny of the Maroons, shaped the its identity.

Barbados has officially become a republic, lowering the royal flag ending nearly 400 years of British rule over the island nation. They swore in their first president, Sandra Mason, initially a ...

Rihanna can add “national hero” to her long list of achievements. During Barbados’ first presidential inauguration on Tuesday, which comes as the country ended nearly 400 years of British monarchy’s ...

Rihanna was honored on Tuesday by her home country when Barbados named her a national hero. According to the Associated Press, the pop star was crowned the coveted title of "the right excellent" by ...