Letters page: Looking at Afra Raymond’s controversial JCC exit
Afra Raymond resigning from JCC is no trivial matter, yet it is surprising how social media comments, and corner talk are missing the heart of the issue.
The implications for the future of governance and transparency in Trinidad and Tobago is at serious risk when a reasonable request for transparency is met with considerable resistance and a call for an apology.
Photo: Former JCC president Afra Raymond.
When the person calling for transparency is positioned as in the wrong, rather than the person in question being asked to clear their name, we have lost the plot. Too many people are afraid to speak truth to power because it is in our best interest to maintain good relations, rather than calling a spade a spade.
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Global Voices) writes about Marina Salandy-Brown’s contributions to the arts and literary world, especially in the Anglophone Caribbean, and her recent recognition as Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and as recipient of Chile’s inaugural Ferdinand Magellan Award for Innovation.
For the last 10 years, Marina Salandy-Brown has been expanding the scope and reach of the NGC Bocas Lit Fest (named for its title sponsor, the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago), now widely considered the Caribbean’s premier literary festival, but she’s been a reader all her life. Her passion for the region’s literature has now earned her an honorary fellowship in the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), which is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year.