Where The Rhythm Takes You: Love, Soca & Second Chances
Keishel Williams
“We live where you vacation” is a common saying among people in the Caribbean, and nothing has been…
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Caribbean Literature
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Religion in Kei Miller’s August Town
Te Hilla Maloney
“If solid concrete houses rise at the beginning of the road, the architecture will dissolve into clumsy board shacks by the time you get to the cul-de sacs”
The Wine of Astonishment: Worship Under Lockdown
Mishael Martineaux
Introduction In 1917, the colonial government of Trinidad passed the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance. After which, it became a…
The Writer and His People: Martin Carter’s Political Poetry
Writing poetry has always been a source of comfort for me. I’ve found solace in being able to…
Goodison’s ‘Inna Calabash as a Gender-responsive Approach to Caribbean History
One slave childthat count alreadywhile it inside my bellytell them that the babyInna Calabash.” (An excerpt from ‘Inna…
Song, Love & Work: Derek Walcott in Three Phases
Vladimir Lucien
The work of Derek Walcott was probably among the first poetry I heard. My father often recited Walcott’s…
Chadia Mathurin
