Years later, the “1.5” message continues to resonate in the eastern Caribbean, where singers have intertwined St. Lucian poet Kendel Hippolyte’s words with their own lyrics in order to ensure the message hits home.
Ọdún gorí ọdún, iṣẹ́ “1.5 túbọ̀ ń rinlẹ̀ sí i ní ìlà-oòrùn Caribbean, níbi tí àwọn ọ̀kọrin ti ṣe àlọ́pọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ akéwì St. Lucian Kendel Hippolyte’s pẹ̀lú orin-in ti wọn láti ṣe àrídájú wípé iṣẹ́ náà dé ibi tí ó yẹ kí ó dé.