The Works of West Indian Writer Samuel Selvon (May 20, 1923 – April 16, 1994)
INVITATION TO ZOOM PUBLIC MEETING by Dr. Kumar Mahabir Samuel Selvon was born in San Fernando in Trinidad in the Caribbean on May 20, 1923,the sixth of seven children. He…
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Employment and Business Opportunities in Guyana & Suriname
Invitation to Zoom Public Meeting by Staff Reporter Together, Guyana and Suriname occupy a greater landmass than the rest of the Caribbean combined (379k km2 vs 225k km2). The recent…
Indian Heritage Museums in the Diaspora: Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and Fiji
INVITATION TO ZOOM PUBLIC MEETING THIS SUNDAY – by Staff Reporter Museums are like history’s Instagram: photos posted on walls, stories carefully recorded, and artefacts preserved and displayed to evoke…
Indians in International Beauty Pageants in the Diaspora:Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, St. Vincent, Belize & South Africa
INVITATION TO ZOOM PUBLIC MEETING THIS SUNDAY by Staff Reporter White is beautiful is ingrained in every Western mind-set, but of late, comedian Vir Das has introduced us to “once…
VIDEO RECORDING: History Professor Brij Lal: His Life and Legacies – By Staff Reporter
The world lost another great mind at the end of 2021. Professor Brij Vilash Lal, who passed away on December 25th at the age of 69, dedicated his life to…
The Indianization of Christmas Music in the Diaspora: Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, Belize and South Africa.
INVITATION TO ZOOM PUBLIC CONCERT THIS SUNDAY (BOXING DAY) Scholars of the social sciences in the Caribbean use the term “creolization”, but never use “Indianization” at all. Creolization is the…
The Old & the New Indenture: Labour Practices and Human Rights
The Old & the New Indenture: Labour Practices and Human Rights Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights that can be considered through different lenses. It poses a significant…
Fiji’s history of Indentureship, military coups and attitude towards Indians
INVITATION TO ZOOM PUBLIC MEETING THIS SUNDAY Except for Mauritius, Indians in the Diaspora live a life of insecurity and suffer for generations from institutional discrimination: South Africa and Uganda,…
On Indo-Caribbean Postgraduates, ABDs, PhDs and Professors
In all Caribbean academic conferences, seminars, webinars, panel presentations and roundtables, there are few Indo-Caribbean researchers, scholars and intellectuals. Given that they are a numerical minority in the region, they…