[1][2][3] Sandiford was born on 24 March 1937 in Barbados and educated at the Coleridge and Parry School, Harrison College and the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in English.

[6] The DLP, under Errol Barrow, formed the government; Sandiford served in many cabinet positions including as minister of education.

[7] In 1986, the DLP was again voted into power, with Sandiford defeating BLP MP Lionel Seymour Craig in the Saint Michael South constituency.

[13] Co-chair of The Summit Council for World Peace, Washington, D.C. – 2011[14][15] Sandiford was the author of the book The Essence of Economics: An Introductory Text (1998),[17] and several poems, including "Ode to the Environment" and "When She Leaves You".

[citation needed] He has written many articles, and contributed a chapter entitled "The Role of the Private Sector in the Structural Adjustment Process" in the book Business, Government and Society, edited by Monya Anyadike-Danes, Eastern Caribbean Consultants, Barbados (1994).