Alissa Trotz is Editor of the In the Diaspora Column In a letter written in the August 3rd edition of the Stabroek News, ‘One must prize freedom and use it to make proper choices,’ Pastor Darion Comacho offers a number of interesting reflections on the theme of freedom, some of which we will return to in future diaspora columns.
By Linden Lewis Linden Lewis is Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University.
By Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins Two Vincentians – Holly Bynoe, a visual artist and Nadia Huggins, a digital photographer – have conceptualized and are preparing to release the third quarterly issue of ARC Magazine, a publication that focuses on a collection of works by contemporary visual and literary artists practicing in the Caribbean and its Diaspora.
In March and April, two diaspora columns examined the Former Presidents (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act No.
Alissa Trotz is editor of the Diaspora Column In her column last Saturday in the Stabroek News, Stella Ramsaroop shared with readers some of the text from her interviews with three Presidential candidates – David Granger (APNU), Donald Ramotar (PPP), Khemraj Ramjattan (AFC) – on the question of how each of them would address domestic violence.
In last week’s column, ‘Homosexuals, Dirty Words…and Me,’ award-winning US based Guyanese singer Nhojj spoke of the dangers of living in a world that can “never reflect the full spectrum of our lives,” cutting us off not only from each other but from parts of ourselves.
By Nhojj Nhojj has shared stages with Norah Jones, Regina Belle, and Taylor Dayne.
Savitri Persaud was born in Guyana, and spent part of her childhood in Moblissa, off the Linden Highway.
Deborah A. Thomas is Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
By Amar Wahab Amar Wahab is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West Indies, St.
Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column. Over the weekend both Stabroek News and Kaieteur News ran important pieces that addressed the significance of May Day, now celebrated all over the world.
Alissa Trotz is the editor of the Diaspora Column. A recent Diaspora Column by Dr.
Colin Rickards is an author, journalist, broadcaster and Caribbeanist with long connections to Guyana and its authors.
By Danielle Toppin In her work with Sistren Theatre Collective of Jamaica, Danielle Toppin focuses on mainstreaming gender into the composition of the grassroots organizations’ work, as well as on designing and facilitating workshops on gender, culture and identity.
Adele Perry is Associate Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Western Canadian Social History at the University of Manitoba.
By Cary Fraser Cary Fraser is a regular contributor to the Trinidad and Tobago Review and writes on international relations in the Middle East, American foreign policy, and Caribbean history.
As an Ethiopian who spent the better part of my youth in Guyana, this article is written in the spirit of international solidarity articulated by the likes of Walter Rodney and other members of the Dar es Salaam school.
By Linden Lewis Linden Lewis is a Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA.
Arif Bulkan teaches human rights law at the University of the West Indies in Barbados.
By Raymond Ramcharitar Raymond Ramcharitar is a Trinidadian journalist. He has written about art and culture for 20 years.
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