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Kwame Ture on the Origin of Steel Bands

• January 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in african history, books, caribbean, Music
Tags: african literature, Kwame Ture, Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Steelpan, Stokely Carmichael, Trinidad, writing

Omeros by Derek Walcott (excerpt)

• November 30, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in caribbean, literature, poetry, writers, writing
Tags: derek walcott, epic poetry, nobel prize in literature, omeros

Voices from Haiti: Storm by Kwame Dawes

• November 8, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in caribbean, literature, poetry, writing
Tags: caribbean poets, hiv/aids, kwame dawes, poetry, voices from haiti

Kendel Hippolyte on Reggae & Writing

• November 8, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in caribbean, literature, poets, writing
Tags: kendel hippolyte, kwame dawes, poetry, reggae, talk yuh talk: interviews with anglophone caribbean poets, writing

Haiti earthquake: US stops deporting Haitians / The Christian Science Monitor – CSMonitor.com

• January 13, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in caribbean, natural disasters

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