By Raffique Shah Sunday, August 2nd 2009 www.trinidadandtobagonews.com I often wonder what grave sins we Trinidadians and Tobagonians have committed to warrant the kinds of politicians we have been saddled with for generations. It’s not that they are the worst in the world, although some people may swear they are. Look at it this way: … Continue reading Paranoid Prime Minister
By Raffique Shah Sunday, May 31st 2009 Trinidad and Tobago News Blog www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog EVERY year, come Carnival or Emancipation Day or Spiritual Baptist Day or Indian Arrival Day, one hears the same refrain: the Government ‘ent give we enough money to celebrate we special day. Carnival band leaders, who charge mas’ players severely for their … Continue reading Of pride and prejudice
The Ugandan cultural group Ndere recently completed a very successful tour to Trinidad and Tobago as part of this country’s Emancipation celebrations. The term ‘ndere’ means flute, and this name appropriately captures the richness of the Ndere experience. The troupe was founded by Stephen Rwangyezi in 1984 to promote and develop African culture and arts, … Continue reading Stephen Rwangyezi Speaks
By Verna St. Rose Greaves August 18, 2008 I tasted my blood At birth So that I May not know war: Ocean of blood show me where you flow River of bile tell me of your source I bit my tongue Before I slept So that I Could talk back at death: Hills of flesh … Continue reading T&T Needs Enriched Public Discourse
By George Alleyne Wednesday, August 6 2008 The mental slavery of descendants of slaves, referred to by Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor during his recent State visit, had resulted from a psychological campaign waged by Europeans determined to “establish” the racial “inferiority” of non-Europeans. Alvin Toffler, the noted thinker, had pointed this out on page … Continue reading Emancipating ourselves
An Emancipation Address on the occasion of the 8th Annual Emancipation Dinner of the National Association for the Empowerment of African People [NAEAP] at Andre Kamperveen Hall, Center of Excellence, Macoya, Tunapuna, delivered on July 31, 2008. Professor Cudjoe is the President of NAEAP Today is an historic occasion. It is an occasion on which … Continue reading Choosing Your Coffins
Thursday, July 31st 2008 trinidadexpress.com The people who could have potentially been leaders of local African communities have failed Afro-Trinidadians and Tobagonians, says National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) chairman and radio station owner Louis Lee Sing. “This group of successful Afro-Trinbagonian(s) see themselves as Trinidadians and nothing else. The plight of the less fortunate of … Continue reading Lee Sing: Afro-Trinis dying over URP crumbs
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe July 10, 2008 The following headline was blazoned across the July issue of The Anglican Outlook: “Hundreds say Farewell, Canon Griffith,” the former pastor of St. Clement’s Anglican Church. The photograph that accompanied the story showed his colleagues carrying his casket to its final resting place. Bishop Calvin Best presided … Continue reading Calling Pastor Kwame in his Right Name
POS Emancipation Day Parade in pictures By Sandra Singh www.newsday.co.tt Thursday, August 2 2007 click on pic to zoom inEducation Minister Hazel Manning looked a picture of elegance at the parade….UGANDAN President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday encouraged all CARICOM nations to unite and become the sixth region of Africa. Museveni speaking at the “Kambule” in … Continue reading Ugandan President: ‘Caricom nations must unite’
By Leiselle Maraj newsday.co.tt Friday, July 13 2007 The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) has listed Trinidad and Tobago among ten countries in the world which abuse Hindus’ human rights in its third annual Hindu human rights report for 2006 published on Wednesday. The HAF is a non-profit, non-partisan human rights group, “promoting the Hindu and … Continue reading Hindus under attack in TT