TV interview with Dr Kumar Mahabir, anthropologist, writer and publisher.

Dr Kumar Mahabir is an Former Assistant Professor in the Centre for Education Programmes at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT).

He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Florida. As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Fellowship, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship. Mahabir received his BA (1980) and M.Phil. (1989) degrees in Literatures in English from The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.

Mahabir is the author of twelve (12) books including two national bestsellers Caribbean East Indian Recipes and Medicinal and Edible Plants used by East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago. His most recent books are Indian Caribbean Folklore Spirits and The Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean.

Kumar Mahabir

is a full-time anthropologist at the University of Guyana (UG) and Fellow of The Eccles Centre for American Studies, British Library (2022-23). He is a former Assistant Professor at the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida (UF). As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Grant, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship.
Mahabir received a National Award (Hummingbird Silver Medal) for his contribution to education in his country in 2011. He was among 50 recipients who received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the UWI Alumni Association.
Mahabir is the author of 12 books to date.