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By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: March 30, 2005
Thanks to you all for your wonderful feedback.
CaribbeanTales is excited to share the news that we have received funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to produce 5 Audio Books of works by Caribbean-Canadian authors.
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Feedback from our March Newsletter! »
By CaribbeanTales Staff | Posted: March 29, 2005
A truly wonderful article that highlights and recognises the talents, generosity and commitment of a daughter of the Caribbean...
Thanks to Caribbeantales for raising the national and international profile of our citizens, who have worked over the years to make the world a more humane place.I wish your publication success and I hope it achieves its worthy objectives, and gains the targeted level of eyes in short order. Please continue to
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The Swinging Bridge »
We revisit Ramabai Espinet, our Storyteller of the Month
By Colin Rickards | Posted: March 29, 2005
Wetmore Hall at the University of Toronto's New College, reverberated with the sound of tassa drums, Caribbean voices and laughter. The savoury scent of Indo-Caribbean cuisine wafted as writer Ramabai Espinet and publisher HarperCollins gave her novel The Swinging Bridge a joyous send-off.
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Realities & Real Ties »
Film series, investigating how the history of humankind is a history of migration
By Seth-Adrian Harris | Posted: March 29, 2005
2005 will see the creation and release of three groundbreaking films that form a new series of films, Realities & Real Ties, by award winning filmmaker/poet Seth-Adrian Harris.
This series is focused on ideas of movement
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Azucar's Sweet Hope: Her Story Continues »
Part two of the trilogy of books from Alan Cambeira
By Laurel Johnson, Midwest Book Review | Posted: March 30, 2005
In this second novel in the Azúcar Trilogy, Alan Cambeira once again works prosaic magic as a story teller. Lush Caribbean locales, a seductive story line, and clearly defined characters kept me riveted from page one. Cambeira's style is beguiling.
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The Douen »
Douens, according to Trinidadian myth, are the souls of children who died before they were baptized. They live in the forests, coming out occasionally in search of playmates, and appear as any other child except that their feet are turned backward.
By Lauren K. Alleyne | Posted: March 29, 2005
I know you well,
lost child, doomed to wander
in search of grace
life and nature’s uncertain
territories alone.
You must already miss
the warmth
of your mother’s smile
the sound
of her singing you to sleep
as you lay contented,as you lay contented,
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Editorial »
By Tumelo E. Phali | Posted: April 04, 2005
Many thanks once again for the profuse encouragement and the continuing support you've been lavishing on us.
I take great pleasure in bringing you the continuation of our interview - the sequel to the two-part feature interview which appeared in the last issue of this sub-section
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Part 2: History Matters »
Last month we interviewed Mtutuzeli Matshoba, South African literary activist, artist and filmmaker about why history matters. This month he continues to share with us his striking thoughts on language, film and more...
By Tumelo E. Phali | Posted: March 30, 2005
(This is the final half of the two-part interview with playwright and screenwriter Mtutuzeli Matshoba.)
You believe that people don’t necessarily need formal training to write their stories. How do you convince producers within networks to work with people who have no formal training in the art?
I have actually made it my responsibility to help people develop their ideas by acting as middle man between
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Shaping figures »
Meet another member of our team, CaribbeanTales Operations manager, Susan Panchan
By Tumelo E. Phali | Posted: March 30, 2005
Susan Panchan is the engine within the Leda Serene Films and Caribbeantales financial administration – she is responsible for all financial supervision including bookkeeping and budget administration.
She holds a Business Diploma in Business Administration after qualifying in 1987 from
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