From the monthly archives:

October 2006

Teen jes us

31 October 2006

It’s the Jamaicans as well, or so Marlon James says.  To wit:
Even though I’m dead set on becoming one, I have a huge problem with expatriates. Bad times are good times for somebody and as some Jamaicans go through the worst of times, expatriates seem to be coming here by the plane load, taking jobs, [...]

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Undergrounding

30 October 2006

For those of you who’ve wondered two things, let me fill you in.
The first thing may be what’s happening with Essays on Life. Well, here’s the story. I’m on hiatus from writing at the moment. I blame CARIFESTA preparation and follow-up; but I also need to blame election fever. Essays on [...]

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Linkables

21 October 2006

Two things I found today that I thought might be worth checking out.
The first one’s from Rosemary Ekosso, and it’s a post that provides a different take on my own post on Africa, below. Check it out — it’s worth it. Here’s a snippet:
Have you not met the kind of African who likes [...]

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Celebrations of Mediocrity

20 October 2006

I don’t normally listen to Immediate Response; I’m normally a FM listener, switching between More 94 and Love 97 when it comes to talk shows. This week, though, I missed several very interesting shows, apparently. Most interesting were those that criticized those in government who prefer to use excellence and mastery of craft [...]

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Bahamian, Woman, Poet, and Good

16 October 2006

In this post, Lynn Sweeting calls attention to the achievements of Lelawattee Manoo-Rahming (otherwise known as Asha), who is featured in Anthurium Vol 4 No 1. Lynn also, quite rightly, laments the fact that Asha wasn’t one of the writers who went to CARIFESTA.
Lynn’s post made me think, and rethink, the concept of selection, [...]

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If you read French

9 October 2006

You’ll find this blog entry as amusing as I did.
(Not to worry, I’ll translate to the best of my ability by the end of the day.)
What it does is illustrate the attitude of many people on this side of the Atlantic — beyond the coasts of Africa, in fact — about “Africa” and its [...]

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The question of Blackface

4 October 2006

High-fashion models in blackface, that is.
Well, it’s one model, actually, and it’s causing quite a stir. Kate Moss was recast as a Black woman for the cover of the Independent in Britain. The paper was doing a special issue on the struggle of African woman. Here’s how it starts:
It was still dark, [...]

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CARIFESTA IX

1 October 2006

So I haven’t written much on the thing that’s been taking up all my time between waking and sleeping for the past two weeks. CARIFESTA IX Trinidad and Tobago has taken place, and it is winding down with far more energy than it began; and at some point, I will write something about it. [...]

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