Interdisciplinary Caribbean Artist, Educator and Activist
Maybe current affairs in the Francophone world struggle to find its way into our Trinbagonian psyche. This is a shortcoming on our part. How can we begin to discuss global competitiveness when we are yet to invest meaningfully in addressing our youth linguistic and cultural shortcomings? #Necessary #Digression . Fuh we, it have rell lessons […]
Continue ReadingThis is a blog repost of an e-mail sent to the following address: [email protected] Monday 8th September 2014 I write to formally submit a complaint about my experience at Subway Piarco International Airport, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday 7th September 2014. While my order of sandwiches was being prepared, my colleagues and I brought to […]
Continue ReadingThe greatest privilege I grew up with was the quality of conversation in my home. In many ways, my family is more interested in the year we became a Republic and the historical movements that led up to that event; however, Independence, our 52nd year, is a powerful occasion for us to reflect on the […]
Continue ReadingFive things people of African heritage confront in Trinidad and Tobago: 1. “African people is one set ah people.” Yes, in songs we are one people but we are not a monolith. There are Africans on the continent, African Americans, Afro-Caribbean Americans, Afro-Brazilians, and Afro-Trinbagonians. Among Afro-Trinbagonians there are middleclass professionals, upper class chocolate folk, […]
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