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Friday, 6 January 2012

T. Geddes Grant

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Written for the Centenary Anniversary of T. Geddes Grant Limited - From Grandfather to Grandson  after a text by Sir K. Lindsay Grant ...
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STOP! You imperfect speaker!

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As we all know, Carnival is a barometer, the mirror of the society. The tempo, the feel of the mass, reflects the society. Art imitating...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

Born in Dominica - The Foundation of St. Anns

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"La Fantaisie Road," she murmured, looking over her shoulder. The MG picked up speed. "Who lives there?" "The...
Tuesday, 3 January 2012

Amerindian Names

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Place names are points of memory in the fabric of West Indian lifestyle. Let us look at some of the names that come from the period long be...
Friday, 23 December 2011

African cultural influences

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Trinidad started late as a colony, which was partly the reason that it experienced several waves of immigration lasting from the 1780s t...

Bhadase Sagan Maraj

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The buffalo emerged from a lake of mud. Huge, it seemed that a part of the earth itself had become detached. It rose majestically agains...
Thursday, 22 December 2011

The glow of the Street Lanterns

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  For the generation born after emancipation, life in Port of Spain was possessed of great contrast. The economic collapse brought on by...
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