COLLABORATION: A scene taken from Half Of A Yellow Sun, which opened up the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival ORGANISERS OF the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) met with Caribbean filmmakers over the weekend in a latest bid to strengthen their relationship in the film world. Hot on …
This column by Carolyn Cooper appeared in Jamaica’s Gleaner. She discusses how children’s toys reinforce sexist traditions and notions of beauty and acceptability. The global toy industry is notoriously racist and sexist. Like gods, toymakers create puppets in their own image. And the supreme puppetmakers are white and male. Naturally, …
The University of Cambridge is staging a mayor exhibition exploring the 6,000-year history of the afro comb and the politics of black hair. The fascinating display charts the inception of the comb in Ancient Egypt through to its ascendancy as a political emblem post-1960s. “What we know from the early …
Puerto Rican artist Sofia Maldonado writes about her experience during Caribbean Linked II, a residency programme at Ateliers ’89, Aruba. Maldonado cites the importance of projects like this in transcending boundaries — geographical, political, cultural and language limitations — and instead revealing the commonalities of the region. The relationships and …
De handelseditie van Slavenschip Leusden is verschenen. Dit is een voor een groot publiek toegankelijke editie van het proefschrift van Leo Balai. titel Slavenschip Leusden subtitel Moord aan de monding van de Marowijnerivier auteur Leo Balai isbn 9789057309519 rubriek Maritiem en Koloniaal serie specificaties 176 pagina’s 15 x 23 cm …
In november verschijnt het vijfde deel in de serie Sailing Letters Journaal. Voor liefhebber van koloniale geschiedenis is dit een must read. titel Buitgemaakt en teruggevonden subtitel Nederlandse brieven en scheepspapieren in Engels archief auteur Van der Doe, Moree & Tang (red) isbn 9789057309182 rubriek Maritiem en Koloniaal serie Sailing …
Bij uitgeverij Walburg Pers verschijnt in november het boek Slavernij en vrijheid op Curaçao. titel Slavernij en vrijheid op Curaçao subtitel De dynamiek van een achttiende-eeuws Atlantisch handelsknooppunt auteur Han Jordaan isbn 9789057309236 rubriek Maritiem en Koloniaal serie specificaties 320 pagina’s 17,0 x 24,0 cm genaaid gebrocheerd geïllustreerd in zwart-wit …
The documentary about Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott, Poetry is an Island, had its world premiere at the 2013 T&T Film Festival (TTFF) on Saturday, Zahra Gordon reports for Trinidad’s Guardian. The film, which was directed by Ida Does, focuses on Walcott’s creative process and his dedication to art. Both …
The Arizona public schools continue their quest to rid the public schools of ‘subversive’ Latino literature. Their latest efforts at censorship involves the critically acclaimed “Dreaming in Cuban” by Cristina Garcia, Hispanically Speaking News reports. The book tells of the life of three generations of a single family after the …
Noted Caribbean academic, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles (Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies-Cave Hill, Barbados), has been appointed to chair a Caribbean Reparation Commission that will seek to advance the region’s position on the injustices suffered as a result of the slave trade. Sir Hilary was …
