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First, I am not conflating the theft of a mango with the physical violation of a woman. For reasoning sake, I am offering an example relevant to “our culture” (a term which has been circulating more frequently these days). “Our culture” is fluid, not fixed. Culture is always changing. Sadly, when this phrase is operationalised, […]
Continue ReadingThe repetition of history is pointless if it is taught as something ‘dead’, overly generalised and irrelevant to understanding our current social reality and the way we envision the future of our Caribbean nations. But, Dr. John Campbell ensured that history was not a sleeping class or a pointless subject area. The first time I […]
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For Fariah Hyatali This is not a school on a hill; it is a school built within one. On my arrival, I was made to feel small against the giant rise of classroom and administrative buildings. The ninety-year old tamarind tree is the legacy of the yard. Currently, the Sarah Morton dormitory of the ancestral […]
Continue ReadingIn 2008/9, SALISES hosted “Is Calypso Dying?” forum at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. Panelists included Singing Francine, Elizabeth Montano, Brother Resistance and Dr. Louis Regis. Dr. Regis’ contributions stimulated the most responses from attendees. He asserted that soca music did not explicitly express a political consciousness as calypso music had. […]
Continue ReadingWhat happenin’: In 2016, Trinidad and Tobago was embroiled in a battle for women’s and girls’ rights. ‘No Slut Shaming’ and gender-based violence discussions with political pressure by young women’s and feminist groups challenged the then Mayor of Port-of-Spain, Tim Kee, on his public statements after carnival. The carnival was not over when debates around […]
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