Stories about Trinidad & Tobago from March, 2006
Caribbean: Cyncism and West Indies cricket
Leon waxes cynical as the West Indies cricket team “snatch[es] defeat from the jaws of victory” and lose to New Zealand.
Trinidad & Tobago: Defending the Soca Warriors
Stacy-Marie Ishmael leaps to the defense of Trinidad & Tobago's football team, who will be contesting their first World Cup this coming June and are proving to be the butt of more than a few jokes.
Caribbean: Another bad hurricane season?
Bermuda-based photoblogger Tom Q reports that Reuters and MDA EarthSat Energy Weather are predicting “another year of potential category 5 hurricanes”.
Trinidad & Tobago: No iron at the World Cup?
Smi reports that FIFA has ruled that “patrons bearing ‘iron made instruments’” may not be allowed into World Cup 2006 matches, on the grounds that “iron is ‘heavy’ and ‘can be used as a weapon.’” Which means that fans of Trinidad and Tobago's football team may have to do without...
Guyana, Trinidad: Islam in the Caribbean
Guyanese Muslim blogger Qays’ defends the use of the word “sainthood” in the context of Islam, sparking a dialogue in the comments thread about manifestations of Islam in Guyana and Trinidad.
Big River International Artists’ Workshop
Photos by caribbeanfreephoto Artist Ingrid Mwangi (Kenya/Germany) undresses in the waters of the Aripo river, as part of a performance piece she was having videotaped during the third Big River International Artists’ Workshop. The workshop is currently taking place in Aripo, Trinidad. Workshop participants have been commissioned to create works...
Trinidad & Tobago: Moko jumbie book
Photographer Stefan Falke posts photos of of the members of the Keylemanjahro School of Arts & Culture in Cocorite, Trinidad, holding copies of MOKO JUMBIES: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad, the book in which Falke chronicles the school's activities in images. Moko jumbie is the term used in Trinidad for...
Trinidad & Tobago: ICANN wiki
ICANN committee member Jacqueline Morris links to a wiki set up to strengthen “Civil Rights and Consumer Protection in ICANN’s policies.” And Taran Rampersad writes to the WSIS governance list with his views on development.
Trinidad & Tobago, UK: Pretend Carnival fete
Franka P. and her London friends pay homage to “that staple of Trinidad Carnival – the All Inclusive Fete” by organizing the “Carnival Saddos Pretend All Inclusive Fete”. Everything turns out fine — except the doubles.
Trinidad & Tobago: Trini to the bone?
“Why should not being native born mark one apart from the Trini born among us who have the nation's welfare at heart?” asks Jonathan Ali, riffing off a journalist's description of two organizers of an exhibition on a Trinidadian icon.
Caribbean: Indigenous languages
The CAC Review links to an excellent web site on indigenous languages of the Caribbean which features vocabulary lists, sound files and some grammar instruction. Among the languages represented are Arawak, Galibi, Taino, Karifuna, Garifuna and Warao.
Caribbean: Proverbs, anyone?
Fun and games over at the blog of Caribbean-born sci-fi writer Nalo Hopkinson, as she asks readers for suggestions of Caribbean proverbs.
Trinidad & Tobago: ccTLDs & cellular towers
Taran Rampersad questions the usefulness of country code top-level domains and takes issue with the Trinidad & Tobago telecoms providers’ and media's handling of the issue of health risks associated with cellular towers.
Trinidad & Tobago, UK: John La Rose
The Caribbean Beat Weblog notes the passing of Trinidad-born “poet, essayist, publisher, filmmaker, trade unionist, cultural and political activist” John La Rose, by linking to a Guardian obit by Linton Kwesi Johnson. Johnson writes that “the depth and breadth of his contribution to the struggle for cultural and social change,...
