From the monthly archives:

July 2007

Seven Wonders of the World

31 July 2007

Well, the new Seven Wonders of the World have been announced. Not surprisingly, the Caribbean hasn’t been included. Maybe one of the reasons is that we tend to think pretty small, with the result that we haven’t created anything of the magnitude of the edifices listed here.  Maybe there are other reasons too, but let’s [...]

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On CARIFESTA 2008

25 July 2007

This post can only serve as an announcement of some basic, bald information that has already been shared elsewhere. The Bahamas Government has taken the executive decision that The Bahamas will not be hosting the Caribbean Festival of Arts in 2008, believing that The Bahamas will be unprepared to host the Festival. Instead, The Bahamas [...]

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The difficulty of writing a Caribbean Harry Potter

18 July 2007

And no, the above doesn’t mean what you might think. In fact, this topic goes right back to the “images of savages“. As Geoffrey Philp observes in his comment thread, I was just speculating on how one kind of magic can be totally evil and another can have both good and evil, when if you [...]

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On ethnicity and literature

12 July 2007

An article in the UK Guardian addresses the question of race ethnicity and literature. The author argues: “Writers from Africa – or anywhere else – should not be required to be ‘the voice’ of wherever they happen to come from.” This is a debate that’s happening elsewhere in my reading, for some reason; here, on [...]

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Note on the blog

4 July 2007

I am getting a lot of spam comments these days and so I’ve started a blackout policy. Be warned: If you post as Anonymous, your comment will be nuked. If you use the word “anonymous” in your comment, the comment will be nuked. If there is anything anonymous about your comment, it will be nuked. Forewarned [...]

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Forget the Song and Dance, Culture is Big Business

3 July 2007

In my travels as Director of Culture, I’ve had the opportunity to meet and talk with some dynamic Caribbean professionals who are passionate about the development of their countries and of this regions through the cultural industries. One of them is Josanne Leonard, a Trinidadian media consultant who is crusading for adjustment in policy and [...]

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