By: Monica Victor Cancer! A six letter word wreaking havoc on the human race. St.Lucian Research Scientist Dr. Whitney Henry PH.D is on a mission to stop it in its tracks. We all know someone who is affected by or whose life has been cut short by the pervasive and nondiscriminatory disease — CANCER. Perhaps we ourselves are in […]
By Monica Victor It was the late Dame Selipha Sesenne Descartes who said, “Manmay Mopo, Wassin Kwéyòl (Children of Mon Repos, the root of creole)! The birthplace of the queen herself, St.Lucia’s Queen of Culture — and the community where Jounen Kwéyòl was first held 32 years ago. Sponsored by the Folk Research Center, the year was 1984 […]
By: Andrea Jackson-Gannon It’s that time of year and once again I am consumed with nostalgia. In fact from January to December to February to August it’s a roller coaster of emotions as we go from Independence to Easter to Jazz Fest to Calypso and Soca to Carnival to my all time favorite – the […]
By: Tricia Augustin It was nearly evening and Ma Dytoo had just finish roasting some sweet potatoes, when she noticed that Africa wasn’t lying in her usual spot. A bit puzzled, she looked around the house and under the house where Africa sometimes went. “I wonder if Docears en take de dog round Columbo’, she muttered to […]
By:Monica Victor Education and openness are key to achieving these goals At the height of the Y2K phenomena in 2000 when panic, uncertainty and fears that computers would reset and shut down sending planes spiraling from the sky, consumed with anxiety I travelled from St.Lucia to Canada to reconvene the nanny job I started four months prior. The […]
By: Monica Victor Tale of a West Indian Sugarcane Worker in the ’60s On February 28th, 2014, Morrison James flew from Vieux-Fort to Miami. It was his first flight to Florida in 49 years. “How was your flight Dada?” we asked. He recounted a moment on the plane. “The flight attendant asked if I wanted a snack,” he […]
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