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CaribbeanTales celebrates its First Anniversary! »
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
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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, You Give Yourself, by Onika Nkurmah, starting it in the middle rather than at the beginning. CaribbeanTales would like to apologize for the error
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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), and co-producer of Sisters in Cinema (2003)
Just wanted to thank
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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
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 Canada.
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[web/event] International
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CaribbeanTales on the airwaves! »
By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005
As 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 Fiddler is a bi monthly radio program broadcast from CHRY, York University's campus radio station, and invites authors, playrights and
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From ABENG to ZOMBI: »
Olive Senior's Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage
By Shana L. Calixte | Posted: February 28, 2005
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 tool?
All of these interesting and informative details about common words used by many of us in the Caribbean come from the extensively researched
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