Latest posts by Janine Mendes-Franco from July, 2007
Cuba: Pan Am Games
Child of the Revolution reports that “Cuban athletes are failing to win the hearts and minds of many spectators at the Pan-American Games being held in Rio” – and suggests a few reasons why.
Jamaica: Reggae and the Diaspora
“One of the implications of this nexus between Rastafari and the work of songwriters such as Burning Spear, Bob Andy and Bob Marley was their insistence in giving voice to the plight of the dispossessed by using the prophetic discourse of the Bible.” Jamaican Geoffrey Philp explains.
Guyana: And The Award Goes To…
“When I first start blogging, I did feel as if I been talking to meself. Then I discover other bloggers…and suddenly…click…click…the whole world open for me!” Guyana-Gyal passes on The Blogger Reflection Award to five bloggers who have touched her life.
Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados: Globalising Soca
News of the upcoming release of Barbadian singer Alison Hinds’ new album has Caroline at Caribbean Beat Blog worried “about the way our music, our people, our artists are represented, misrepresented, or not represented at all in this new push to ‘globalise’ soca.”
Bermuda: Election Time
BravoZulu.bm senses a Bermudan election approaching…
Bahamas, Barbados: Support for Cuba?
Both WeblogBahamas.com and Barbados Free Press have concerns about their respective countries’ support for the Cuban regime.
Trinidad & Tobago: Helter Smelter
“The truth is that the Environmental Management Authority denied a Certificate of Environmental Clearance not only for the smelter but for the entire industrial estate in Chatham.” The Manicou Report has his say about the ongoing smelter plant controversy in Trinidad & Tobago.
Jamaica: Thank God You Are Healed
The Inmate Diaries features a poem written for a rape victim.
Cuba: Tobacco Deal?
“More than 245 years after the English briefly held Havana, the British are close to becoming a big player in Cuba again. This time it will be all about tobacco.” Child of the Revolution explains.
Barbados: Blog Gag Order?
Barbados Underground learns that that a gag order has allegedly been imposed on government ministers who have been interacting with the public via certain blogs.
Bahamas: Crime Wave
“Experts say homicide is a reliable barometer of all violent crime, and we have had 46 murders so far this year – one of the highest per capita rates in the world.” Larry Smith at Bahama Pundit examines the roots of crime in the Bahamas.
Trinidad & Tobago: Independent Achong?
The Manicou Report thinks it ludicrous that Dr. Fuad Khan is calling for Lawrence Achong to join him as an independent Minister of Parliament, following the latter's alleged use of obscene language against smelter plant protesters in Trinidad.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: LIAT Woes
Abeni finds out that there is “yet another snag” in regional carrier LIAT's proposed buyout of Caribbean Star – and is not ashamed to admit she's happy about it.
Jamaica: A Caribbean Harry Potter?
As the world anticipates the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this weekend, Geoffrey Philp wonders whether there could ever be a similar series from the Caribbean: “While it is possible to write a children’s book using the nature religions of Great Britain, it is unthinkable to write...
Barbados: Egret Colony Under Threat
Barbados is home to the first colony of Little Egrets in the New World – as Gallimaufry hears news that it is under threat, she wonders: “Why have I not yet visited the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary?”
Bahamas: Creativity and Education
“One question that keeps nagging at me is; why do we keep blaming dysfunctional families for the failure of education?” Rick Lowe at WeblogBahamas.com links to a lecture by Sir Ken Robinson to make a point about education in the Bahamas.
Caribbean: West Indies Cricket Board Elections
“You might think that the position is so blighted that no one wants it, or you may think it just odd that only one name apiece was tossed into the circle for the posts of president and vice-president of the West Indies Cricket Board.” Vaneisa Baksh at CaribbeanCricket.com weighs in...
Trinidad & Tobago: The G-Pan
IZATRINI.com is excited about the development of a new type of steel pan: “The G-pan includes a tenor pan which features 37 notes instead of 29 and three full octaves rather than the two and a half octaves of the tenor.”
Jamaica: Mad Season
“The violence is so entrenched in our political culture I just don't see it changing anytime soon.” Stunner returns home from vacation to find himself in the midst of Jamaica's “mad season”.
Jamaica: The Large Black Woman
“How is the large black woman represented in both literary and popular venues? How is she perceived? How do her race, size and gender intersect in her representation?” Geoffrey Philp features Jamaican author Andrea Elizabeth Shaw in her own words.
Guyana: Modern-Day Fairytale?
“Once upon a now time, it got a gyal who believe in love and romance…” Guyana-Gyal is torn between her “well-beloved myths” and reality.
