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Antigua & Barbuda won major prizes at the Caribbean Secondary Schools’ Drama Festival in St. Lucia on Saturday.<\/p>

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The actors performed a play written and directed by Zahra Airall titled\u00a0The Long Walk.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe<\/i>\u00a0Long Walk<\/i>\u00a0chronicles the tale of an unnamed slave who\u2019s buried in our National Archives and it is about the determination that she has to keep her child\u201d, Airall told state media.<\/p>

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\u201cIt basically looks at how that chapter of our history plays a large part to that colorism that we still see in existence today. It also talks about sisterhood\u201d, the playwright explained.<\/p>

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The team reportedly won best overall production, best original play, best set design, best sound effects, best light design, best contingent, best director and best actress.<\/p>\n

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Khadelia Williams, who had the leading role in the play, was adjudged Best Actress.<\/p>

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\u201cAt first, the process was really, really hard and especially for the fact that I was the type of person that gave up very quickly but, you know, with a director like Miss Airall, giving up is not an option\u201d, Williams said.<\/p>\n

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The other participating countries were St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana.<\/p>

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