DR JOHNNY COOMANSINGH During my childhood days, I came into contact with quite a few senior folk in the countryside. These compatriots spoke in very quiet and somewhat surreptitious tones about certain practices among their peers for fear that our little “eyes will be opened.” In my presence, my godmother and her old cocoa producing
Leroy Calliste had the most fitting calypso name, Black Stalin, but he was nothing like the ruthless Russian dictator who terrorised his subjects. Black Stalin used his power to celebrate Caribbean history, culture and music. He strived to build unity in the region. He never demanded respect. He was decades ahead of the Black Lives
TONY DEYAL I start work on my newspaper columns early in the week, thinking about and finalising what I would write about, and then every Wednesday morning sitting down in my study and putting the pieces together to ensure I have a hard core of truth in the midst of humour and novelty. So, when
DR GABRIELLE HOSEIN WHEN A giant passes on, all should pay their respects. So it is with Leroy Calliste, better known as Black Stalin. Mine is just an inexpert murmur in a chorus of bigger voices, but none in our nation should fail to recognise this elder, now gone, and his genius. He documented hardships
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