Damian Femi René was born and lives in Saint Lucia. He is a secondary school teacher and writer. He is a lover of Literature, sports and travel. He is a two time winner of the Small Axe Literary prize for both poetry and short stories.
Gilbert NMO Morris was Professor at George Mason University (1995-2001), where he held positions in four faculties: Philosophy & Religion, History, English and African American Studies. He was appointed in to New Century College in 1998, where he taught “the history of systems of thought”. Also in 1998, Morris was appointed Director of the African-American Studies programme at George Mason University, and Lecturer at the Global Institute. He was appointed Lecturer in “The History of Revolutions” At the Smithsonian Associates, at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC from 1998-2000). He was also a Member of the Mid-Atlantic Scholars Associates at Princeton University (1997-1999), where he lectured on “Being. Race & the Epistemologies of Displacement”. Professor Morris was recipient of the “Technology Across the Curriculum Award” in 1999 at George Mason. He has lectured for the Lead America Foundation at Fordham and Pace Universities on International law and at Georgetown and Columbia Universities on the “History of Medicine & Technology”. Morris is a Distinguished Fellow of the Sir William Goodenough College, London, UK where his installation lecture was titled: “Critical Linguistic Faultlines in the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process”. He has published widely on the variety of subjects and disciplines in his oeuvre. His 2011 book, “Rescue America”, (co-authored with Chris Salamone), rose to number 5 on the New York Times bestseller list. His first volume of Poetry “Melancholiandesire” was published in 2015 and his forthcoming book: “Digital Leviathan”, will be published in 2018.
Harmony is a walking, living, breathing flagpole for Trinidad and Tobago. She’s also a poet, actor, dancer, stage singer, researcher, educator, content creator...and the list goes on. Harmony's writing is situated between her scholarly focus and her practitioner's insight.
Trinidadian-American writer and editor Keishel Williams is an award-winning journalist, literary writer, and content creator. Her work can be found in publications in the U.S., the Caribbean, and Europe. She has contributed her writing to publications such as Literary Hub, Rumpus, Compulsive Reader, Atlas Obscura, NL Times, and the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian.
Keishel also writes a fun blog called notesbykw about books, fashion, and tea! Additionally, she uses her experience in media and entrepreneurship for the educational and social development of young people in underserved communities, teaching and coaching every chance she gets.
David Kojo Derban is a chartered Architect and a history and heritage enthusiast. He is a researcher in African Civilizations, traditional, modern and contemporary Architecture. Presently, Kojo Derban studies African Philosophy, history, historiography, African social and political systems, and African Art at the Institute of African at the University of Ghana. In addition to architecture, has interests in the performing arts poetry, music, film and writing.
He is the CEO of Ethnik International Ltd -an Accra based architectural and development consultancy firm.
Rosen Daniel is a traditional digital artist from the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. His specialties are in portrait, landscape, wildlife, and recently character design paintings. He currently serves as a teacher for visual arts at the St. Mary’s College, Saint Lucia.
Stephanie Ramlogan is a Caribbean Writer from Trinidad and Tobago. Her published work ranges from fashion blogs to critical essays to fictional short stories.
After being short-listed for the BCLF Caribbean Nunez Writer's Prize in 2019, and winning it in 2020, Stephanie is now dedicated to uplifting Caribbean Stories through both fiction and non, and dissecting the impact of the heritage within the contemporary diaspora.
Chadia Mathurin
