By Frances-Anne Solomon | Posted: March 02, 2005
CaribbeanTales was born of a dynamic need to house our stories, and to build community and connections. We wanted to reach across differences and limitations of time, place and ideology; to use all forms available to us - modern and ancestral, manual and electronic, analogue and digital - to create, access and share our stories, make our mark, inscribe the dance.
This first year has been astonishing to me. With what seems like no effort at all, we realized our dreams and met our goals. The virtual concept leapt to life, fully formed. Like drummers of old, isolated in villages or on plantations, we made the call, hit the skin of the drum, pressed SEND, and your responses came. You got back to us, from all over the planet and every corner of the diaspora, from everywhere that Caribbean peoples reside and derive: Kingston to Cape Town, Kerala to Rampanalgas and Ottawa.The energy proved once again the inherent power of sharing common stories.
Many thanks to all of you who reached out to offer a hand and letters of support, praise and recognition for the value of CaribbeanTales. You are guiding us forward. We stand on your broad shoulders. My gratitude to the Board of Directors, a powerful circle of Caribbean professionals protecting the project. Special thanks to my incomparable staff: Shana, Susan, Johnny, Tumelo, Regan, Ngardy, Tonni, Paul and Tania. We promise to deliver more and better.
To you all - thank you for your stories!
Have a nice day
Posted by: penis enlargement at March 3, 2006 08:44 PM
Hi FA: You go girl! This has been so refreshing. You must have a great sense of achievement. I am sure this will thrive and grow as it reaches wider audiences.
Posted by: hazel pillai at April 4, 2005 02:29 PM
Frances-Anne & the entire team - this is a wonderful site. I hope to be among the contributors soon. I see this site growing from strength to strength - year after year - generation after generation. Thank you. Thank you.
Modupe
Ashe with love and responsibility.
TC
Posted by: Thorma Crawford at March 5, 2005 03:17 PM
This really is an excellent website. I spent the past two hours checking out everything. Well done, and Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Alicia Sealey at March 5, 2005 02:10 PM
Just doing my first quick perusal of the "New Look" edition and it is great. Keep up the good work
Posted by: Doreen Calizte at March 5, 2005 02:00 PM
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