Annual Cayman Islands Storyboard Competition inspires readers
The annual Storyboard Competition is now open, and organisers are looking forward to seeing the creativity of Cayman’s younger readers on display, and inviting the public to come out and support the students. An initiative spearheaded by the Cayman Islands…
Extra features and usage of PDF files
We know how PDF works. It’s a printable format of the document that Adobe invented. It looks professional, doesn’t change the structure in different systems and is worldwide. We often use PDF file format for sending the documents through the…
Translating cultures: French Caribbean history, literature and migration
From British Library On 24 September 2018, the British Library welcomed a galaxy of leading specialists to a study dayaddressing the history, literature and arts of the French Caribbean and its diaspora. The day kicked off with a comparative overview of…
The Editor speaks: Curiouser and curiouser
Sometimes living here in our beautiful islands it seems I am actually living in Alice’s “Wonderland”. The majority of people play by the normal everyday laws the government of the day administers. Some others that don’t, get their just deserts…
Black Issues in Philosophy: The 2019 Caribbean Philosophical Awards Winners
by Lewis R. Gordon The Caribbean Philosophical Association is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the association’s awards for contributions to philosophical thought, literature, and mentorship: The Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Catherine Walsh Frantz Fanon Outstanding…
The intoxicating languor of the Caribbean
From Repeating Islands WRITTEN IN 1929, PAUL MORAND’S CARIBBEAN WINTER IS FINALLY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. IF YOU DISREGARD THE RACISM, IT’S A TRAVELOGUE THAT’S HARD TO BEAT A review by Ian Thomson for The Spectator. Our thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing…
Decolonization without Independence: Nationalism & Assimilation in the non-sovereign Caribbean
From Repeating Islands Decolonization without Independence: Nationalism and Assimilation in the Non-Sovereign CaribbeanLecture by Grace CarringtonJanuary 16, 2019, 5:30 – 7:00 pmLecture Room 103, UCL Institute of the Americas, 51 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PNWhile attendance at this event is…
LIFE gives Literacy gift
Cayman Islands’ LIFE gives gift of Literacy to East End Primary students From Cayman Islands Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports, Agriculture and Lands Santa made a special surprise visit to East End Primary School (EEPS) this week to present each…
Tools & Craft #119: The Future of Furniture, Part 1
BY Joel Moskowitz- From Core77 Here are four links to articles in the New York Times that set me pondering. The first says the antique furniture market is collapsing because nobody wants the old stuff, but the article gives hope for modern…
Education Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean
From IDB AUTHOR McMeekin, Robert W. DATE Jan 1998 This report summarizes the results of a study of the education statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financed by the Ford Foundation and implemented by UNESCO’s Regional Office for…