Stories about Migration & Immigration from May, 2010
Jamaica, U.S.A.: When Will It End?
Jamaican diaspora blogger Labrish is trying to reconcile the recent Gulf oil spill, but maintains: “In this latest Big-Oil-Screw-Up, we have no idea how long this hemorrhaging is going to last.”
Barbados, Jamaica: Happy Birthday Kamau
Bloggers pay tribute to Barbados-born writer Kamau Brathwaite on his birthday.
Trinidad & Tobago: Domestic Violence Laws
Upon learning of news of the death of a Trinidadian woman as a result of domestic violence, diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch admonishes the government: “Amend those laws now!”
Belgium: Comic Strip “Tintin in the Congo” Faces Ban Over Racism
Tintin in the Congo, the second of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé and featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero, faces ban over racism. On his blog Alain Mabanckou thinks that «Tintin must remain as a proof...
Haiti: Sign Online
Haitianalysis.com blogs about “an online petition to demand that U.S., international and NGO officials provide more transparency and efficiency in the distribution of millions of dollars of international aid to Haiti.”
China: Naked official debate
A “naked official” is an official whose wife and kids have left China to live in a foreign country, leaving only him behind to take care of things at home. Juilian from DANWEI translated a debate from Southern Weekend on whether or not these naked officials should be fired as...
Trinidad & Tobago: Immature
The news making headlines in the lead-up to the Trinidad and Tobago elections convinces diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch that “Trinbago remains an immature society.”
Guyana: Portuguese Past
Repeating Islands highlights an article by “Sr. Mary Noel Menezes, a Sister of Mercy and an emeritus professor at the University of Guyana [who] gives a historical account of Portuguese migration to Guyana.”
Trinidad & Tobago: On Volney
Trinidadian diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch questions former Justice-turned-political candidate Herbert Volney's decision in a case while B.C. Pires says: “It’s difficult to say which is harder to understand: Herbie’s stunned reaction that people should be protesting today when he attempts to speak at election platforms; or the UNC’s decision to...
Trinidad & Tobago: Early Days
Trinidadian bloggers are on election watch.
Trinidad & Tobago: You Know Who
KnowTnT.com‘s Edmund Gall compares Calder Hart's expected return to Trinidad today “to be formally charged with perjury” (which is apparently accompanied by an “ex parte gag order”) to J.K. Rowling's reference to the evil Voldemort “as ‘He Who Must Not Be Named'…”
Jamaica: Red
“The term ‘red'…has had a long and dishonorable reputation in the Americas”: Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp seeks to change this through a poem in which “the speaker…turns away from the extremes of racial conflict and embraces his ‘red'ness.”
St. Lucia, Haiti: Talking to Dauphin
St. Lucia's Caribbean Book Blog interviews Haitian writer Lili Dauphin.
Guyana: Articulate Voice
Signifyin’ Guyana blogs about Guyanese writer Grace Nichols and her poetic tongue, saying that in her work, she “continues to produce articulate speakers who tell the stories of women’s lives…”
Spain: Mexicans Blogging to Feel at Home
There is a growing community of Mexican bloggers living in Spain, who write to help them feel at home by sharing their thoughts about living in another country and about the traditions that are kept alive.
Algeria: What is going on in Hassi Messaoud?
Diáspora saharaui (at Courrier International) wonders why the town of Hassi Messaoud, known for its oil refinery and for being usually safe, has been plagued with a wave of violence against working women (fr). A blog that details the history of abuse against women in the city has been created...
The Balkans: Online Hit Song Highlights the Diaspora State of Mind
Jay Z & Alicia Keys get a Balkan rival singing about New York City, too.
