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Hello from Antigua

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Self-Proclaimed Hermit in Accra

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Name: Chadia MathurinAge: 28Sex: FemaleLocation: Accra, Ghana I am alarmingly removed from many things COVID-19. I say my removal is alarming because…
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Goodison’s ‘Inna Calabash as a Gender-responsive Approach to Caribbean History

  • ByMishael Martineaux
  • March 16, 2020
One slave childthat count alreadywhile it inside my bellytell them that the babyInna Calabash.” (An excerpt from ‘Inna…
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Badmind and Bondage: A Caribbean Story

  • ByDamian René
  • March 12, 2020
Few historical events have impacted the world as much as the Transatlantic slave trade has. Taking place from…
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A Jewel In The Sun: The Bishop of Grenada

  • ByAkil Warner
  • March 12, 2020
“Thirteenth of March, Tuesday 1979Will remain in every Grenadian mind,Was the day the people made their motionAnd the…
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Song, Love & Work: Derek Walcott in Three Phases

  • ByVladimir Lucien
  • January 23, 2020
The work of Derek Walcott was probably among the first poetry I heard. My father often recited Walcott’s…
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A Small Glimpse: Lewis & Walcott Shaping The Caribbean Narrative

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  • January 23, 2020
Every year on January 23rd Saint Lucia celebrates the accomplishments of its two Nobel Laureates who have been…
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A Mathematical Perplexity:One From Ten Leaves Nought

  • ByAkil Warner
  • January 23, 2020
“Well if they know they didn’t want Federation, And they know they ‘ain want to unite as one,…
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