Bocas celebrates Black Britain culture
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EIGHTY-FIVE years after the UK publication of the ground-breaking Minty Alley, the only novel by CLR James, at a time when Caribbean literature is once again seizing the attention of British audiences, the Bocas Lit Fest has joined forces with British organisations to celebrate Black British culture.
The Bocas Lit Fest, Your Local Arena and Penguin Books UK, will host a week-long programme (March 8-13), of literature, film and music, exploring the contributions of generations of people of African and Caribbean heritage to the rise of what is now called Black Britain, the festival said in a media release.
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Eighty-five years after the UK publication of the ground-breaking
Minty Alley, the only novel by CLR James, at a time when Caribbean literature is once again seizing the attention of British audiences, the Bocas Lit Fest has joined forces with British organisations to celebrate Black British culture. As mentioned below, the full program is available, free of charge, from March 8 to 13 on the Bocas Lit Fest website.
The Bocas Lit Fest, Your Local Arena and Penguin Books UK, will host a week-long programme (8-13 March), of literature, film and music, exploring the contributions of generations of people of African and Caribbean heritage to the rise of what is now called ‘Black Britain’.
Deepening water woes
Sunday 28 February 2021
In this December 2018 file photo, a broken water main spews gallons of water down the drain off Beetham Highway, Port of Spain. - JEFF MAYERS
Trinidad and Tobago’s water problems get murkier and murkier.
I count myself lucky that water flows out of my tap most of the time, never mind it is too often mud-red. Never mind that on the worst days we cannot use the washing machine and have to leave the whites in the washing basket.
Most of the time it runs clear to the naked eye, never mind the chlorine is so strong that it hurts to inhale the air. Never mind it sometimes smells of rotten eggs, even though appearing to be clear and clean.
Lisa Allen-Agostini explores culture, womanhood in new novel
Tuesday 23 February 2021
Lisa Allen- Agostini s debut adult novel, The Bread the Devil Knead, explores feminity, sexuality, survival and TT s culture. - Courtesy Paula Obé Photography
HAVING published books including the 2017 Burt Prize for Young Adult Caribbean Literature, third prize for her coming-of-age novel Home Home, Lisa Allen-Agostini will see her latest novel published in May.
Allen-Agostini worked as a journalist for over 20 years at both the Trinidad Express and Guardian.
In 2019 she partnered with Louris Martin Lee-Sing to create the Caribbean feminist stand-up comedy duo FemComTT, and also co-hosts the online chat show, The Givin Trouble Show.
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