By Jean-Claude Escalante jeanclaude_escalante@hotmail.com The journey of what is now the largest ethnic group in Trinidad began as an experiment after the abolition of the British slave trade left the…
By Lenroy Thomas lenroythomas17@gmail.com In this book, you will be captivated by the Elder; stories of hardship, risk-taking, struggle, adaptation, assimilation, strategy, identity, resilience, progress, strength and success. This book…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 Labour exploitation is a violation of human rights that can be considered through different lenses. It poses a significant…