E.S.C.’s 2007 Emancipation Launch

Emancipation Celebrations 2007 in pictures TriniView.com Reporters Event Date: July 27, 2007 The Emancipation Support Committee (E.S.C.) launched the 2007 Emancipation celebrations on Friday night, 27th July, at the Lidj Yasu Omawale Emancipation Village located at Jean Pierre Complex. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Remember the Middle Passage; Act to Repair the Damage”. … Continue reading E.S.C.’s 2007 Emancipation Launch

Emancipation versus Liberation

By Dr. Kwame Nantambu July 20, 2007 One of the most perplexing, disturbing and still yet unresolved perennial reality-check dilemmas that afflict Afrikan-Trinbagonians is their supremely blurred vision to clearly ascertain the intrinsic, historical differences between emancipation versus liberation. In this regard, Malcolm X is perfectly correct when he concludes: “The major problem with Black … Continue reading Emancipation versus Liberation

A quagmire of death and despair

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 14, 2023 Last Sunday, several local groups — including the Concerned Muslims of T&T, the Joint Trade Union Movement, the Movement for Social Justice, the Emancipation Support Committee and the Non-Governmental Organisations of T&T for the Advancement of Women — called upon the Government to cut diplomatic relations with … Continue reading A quagmire of death and despair

Art and culture in West Africa and the Caribbean

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe October 23, 2023 The following is a lecture delivered at the Pa Gya! A Literary Festival in Accra, Ghana. First of all, I wish to thank the hosts of this marvelous festival for inviting me to participate in it and for allowing me to share my ideas of how literature, … Continue reading Art and culture in West Africa and the Caribbean