Online Newsletter » March 2005 | Vol. 2 , No. 2

CaribbeanTales wants your stories!

  • Editorial
  • CaribbeanTales celebrates its First Anniversary! »

    By Frances-Anne Solomon | Posted: March 02, 2005

    fa_hs_1.jpg 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,

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    Our Apologies »

    By CaribbeanTales Technical Coordinator | Posted: March 01, 2005

    Unfortunately this week, CaribbeanTales ran into some techinical difficulties with our server, which means that our special Black History Month edition is coming out later than we had hoped. We apologize for this, but hope you will enjoy our latest issue, with our new, interactive design. Look out for two new issues in March!

    We would also like to note that in our last issue, we mistakenly misprinted the article ‘Nappiness’ Is A Gift,

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  • Feedback Corner
  • Feedback from our Readers! »

    By CaribbeanTales Newsletter readers! | Posted: March 02, 2005

    What a pretty piece on André (Alexis). Wow. I can just hear his mesmerizing voice in my mind. Beautiful. Good work. Great, actually.
    Donna Bailey Nurse,
    Author, What's a Black Critic To Do?


    I really like your newsletter...keep up the great work!!!
    Alison Duke
    Critically acclaimed filmmaker of Raisin’ Kane: A Rapumentary (2000),

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  • Featured Storyteller
  • Placing Value on the Imagination »

    Caryl Phillips, our Storyteller of the Month

    By Tumelo E. Phali and Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005

    Phillips-2.jpg Born in St. Kitts in the Caribbean and raised in England since early childhood, acclaimed writer Caryl Philips has dedicated his decade long work to bringing issues of history into the centre of the future. His highly-respected work in television, radio, cinema, theatre and literature reflects

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  • Cultural Events
  • Black History, all year round.... »

    The last weekend in Black History Month has come and gone, yet CaribbeanTales urges you to celebrate the diverse history of Canada, all year round.

    By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005

    bhmposter.gif If you are looking for an event or just some great reading material from your area of the country to keep alive the importance of Black History Month and the multicultural spirit of Canada, take a look at some of these educational and entertaining events and web projects happening across

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    CaribbeanTales on the airwaves! »

    By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005

    chry2.jpgAs we let you know in our last newsletter, CaribbeanTales hit the radio airwaves to share with the listening community the exciting developments of our growing storytelling project, the People's History of the Caribbean.

    Covered and Bound, hosted by Jennilyn

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  • Book Reviews
  • From ABENG to ZOMBI: »

    Olive Senior's Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage

    By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005

    encyclopedia.jpg Many of us know the taste of Jerk. But did you know that this form of cooking originated with the Incas from Peru and was used by the Maroons?

    Or that the word dutchie stands for Dutch Pot?

    Or that there are 10 distinctive types of cutlasses and over 60 different names for the

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  • Your Story
  • MAHAL »

    MAHAL could easily cover the distance from Port- of - Spain to San Fernando, all the while, shifting gears in style...

    By Sandy Macintyre | Posted: February 28, 2005




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  • Around The Fire
  • Welcome to a new literary movement, Around The Fire! »

    A meeting place for those who water the garden of Afrikan creative spirit.

    By Tumelo E. Phali | Posted: March 01, 2005

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    Not only is this the first issue of Around The Fire!! but the first ever newsletter I write for since my days at school when I used to dabble in an amateur version of this kind of thing more than a decade ago. So you are witnessing pieces of history in your read!

    Around The Fire! will be crying

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  • Meet the Team
  • Painting his story on the World Wide Web »

    Meet Johnny Vong, another member of the CaribbeanTales team

    By Tumelo E. Phali | Posted: February 28, 2005

    jvong1.jpgJust by looking at him, one wouldn’t have the remotest imagination about the real story behind Johnny’s childhood history. The lingering ‘happy expression’ on his face belies a touching story worth interpreting on a wall painting.

    It is a story shared by many migrants to Canada –

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