Call for Papers—“Reckoning With Slavery”
This is quite an interesting call for papers. I’ll try to monitor it.
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MY Yo Pro Conference
BySoyini[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGdIAOL3SlQ?rel=0] I had fun judging the presentations, mostly skits, at the MY Yo Pro conference yesterday.
CALL FOR PROJECTS FOR CARIBBEAN FILM MARKET — Repeating Islands
BySoyiniThe trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) is seeking Caribbean filmmakers interested in attending its second annual Caribbean Film Mart from 24-25 September 2016. The Caribbean Film Mart, to be held during the 11th edition of the ttff, will focus on Caribbean feature film projects (narrative and documentary) in development or pre-production. The Mart seeks to foster […]…
The Colour of Shadows
This imaginative book throws new light on the closing years of Caribbean slavery and the lives of enslaved people of African descent before emancipation in Trinidad in 1834. The book centres on the drawings of plantation life by Richard Bridgens, an English-born artist who became a planter and slaveholder in Trinidad, and examines these in […]…
Dominican Republic’s Botanical Gardens launch endangered plants “Red List” — Repeating Islands
BySoyiniA total of 813 out of 1,388 plant species in the Dominican Republic researched over a five-year period are critically endangered, 249 are endangered, 268 are threatened, 45 are of moderate concern and 13 did not yield sufficient data. The data is contained on a newly published Red List of Vascular Flora in the Dominican […]…
Basically Bazodee: A Review
What’s to be said about Bazodee? The Machel Montano headlined film opened in his native land last week, and I happened to catch it on opening night. The film is entertaining, but far from exc… Source: Basically Bazodee: A Review
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From Steam to Soca
BySoyiniOn Thursday (27th March) UWI’s Literary Cultural and Communications Studies department presented ‘From Steam to Soca,’ the latest in a series of talks on issues that matter to the culture of Trinidad and Tobago. Hosts, and PhD candidates within the department, Abeo Jackson and Omari Ashby interviewed Lady Lava and Squeezy Rankin. Let me first…