The sugar industry in Trinidad and Tobago has considerably reduced after over 200 years of dominating the landscape. At the critical juncture of the modernisation
This publication is the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of Islamic muharram rituals performed on the island of Trinidad… Frank Korom investigates the essential
This work explores a plausible narrative and nurturing background of a Black Caribbean student destined to confront institutional racism at a Canadian university in the
Rebellion, insurrection, maroons, ghosts, nutmegs and cocoa all add to the spicy flavor, high drama and creative tension of Belvidere Estate – Fedon’s House: Voices
Cote Ci Cote La is the popular dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago's local dialect. Featuring vivid illustrations and some 5000 words and sayings laid out
By Gordon Rohlehr Professor Emeritus Gordon Rohlehr has been a commentator of Sparrow’s work since the 1960’s, presenting his first ground-breaking lecture ‘Sparrow and the
Among the Dagara of Burkina Faso there is no distinction between the natural and the supernatural: The living converse with ancestral spirits, and those with the
Calypso is a folk/popular art form in Trinidad and Tobago, the country of its origin. Every year skilled signers, newcomers and even veterans, clash in