Olga Lopes-Seale

Dame Olga Lopes-Seale DA MBE, (26 December 1918 – 4 February 2011)[1] was a Guyanese-born Barbados-based social and community worker, radio broadcaster and singer.

She sang and played mandolin and had performed in Guyana and Barbados before becoming a broadcaster for Radio Demerara (where she acquired the nickname "Auntie Olga").

[3] She married Barbadian Dick Seale, moving to Barbados in 1963 where she continued her radio and charity work.

[6] She discovered Red Plastic Bag (a Barbadian Calypsonian) and convinced Rediffusion to provide a studio for recording, launching his career.

[7] On 9 December 2010, Lopes-Seale fell at her home and broke her hip, suffering multiple fractures,[8] leaving her unable to continue her charity work for the Needy Children's Fund.