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In the immediate wake of Indian Arrival Day 2010, BIGDRUMNATION’S Raymond Viechweg and Caldwell Taylor “spoke” with Wilbur Adams, President, Indo-Grenadian Heritage Foundation (IGHF). The interview was conducted via the Internet. BDN submitted its questions on May 6, 2010 and Brother Adams responded on May 12, 2010.                                             

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John Benjamin (MBE) - RIP

John Benjamin (MBE) Member of the British Empire (1992) - passed away this morning at the age of 77 -Sunday, May 30th, 2010.   He was one of Grenada's renowned artists.

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Globalization and Failed States: In Defence of Jamaica

By Julien Fedon

Jamaica is one of the most globalized Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the English- speaking Caribbean. The island has been a leader in reforming its economy and opening its markets and even so, it is the only Caribbean island with a complicated political system in which politicians and gangsters share power. What explains this paradox?

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Raymond Viechweg's Abolition, Indentureship and Creoleness.

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BEAT EIGHTY DRUMS FOR KAMAU

Caldwell Taylor

“We lived in a society which denied itself heroes”
V.S. Naipaul in the Middle Passage

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 Sickle Cell Centennial Conference
June 25th 2010

Bourne Lecture Hall
St. George's University
Grenada 

Registration information at:

http://www.sicklecellgrenada.org/ 
Grenada - The birth place of Dr. Walter Clement Noel The 1st recorded case of Sickle Cell Disease


Town of St George's 300 years old


St George's in the 1780's
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The Diaspora Network - GRENADA NEEDS YOU!

for more info
http://www.grenadaconsulate.org/
 
Nature  Miracles

By Hudson George

Today the sun is shining
Tomorrow I don’t know if it will shine
Yesterday the wind was blowing
Tomorrow I don’t know if it will be calm

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We will never Know.

Wendell DeRiggs

We will never hear the agonizing mourns
Or the terrified wail of crushed bodies
Buried in the heap. 

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The Horror Beneath the Pile
 
Wendell DeRiggs

From beneath the fallen bricks
Came a tap.

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Leon Wells made a comment which we thought would meet with full agreement from most Hostel Boys:
 “So many of us came to the Hostel as brash, crude, ‘ignorant’, unhewn base metals, and left as polished gems”.  ……., the picture that came to my mind was of character and personalities unfurling under the offerings of the Hostel.
 

[In the Hostel] I found a natural comparison in what happens with a nutmeg tree, no stranger to Grenada, as it reveals its treasures of nutmeg and mace. The tree bears a pod which is closed and green when immature. If the pod and its contents are no good, it wrinkles while green and falls to the ground where everything rots. As pods mature they grow in size, they turn yellow and progressively split in two halves to reveal bright red mace ensconced on a dark shiny nut. The open pods then fall to the ground from where they are picked up and another journey begins. Such was my Hostel experience
Carriacou Maroon and String Band Festival - April 28th - May 2nd

About The Event

http://www.carriacoumaroon.com

The Carriacou Maroon & String Band Music Festival is a cultural education and entertainment event, developed as the main brand event for Carriacou, and meeting world-class standards.
Maroon culture is about thanksgiving and prayers to the SOURCE of all life, production and prosperity.  Its African origins are authentically depicted through the drumming, singing, eating of ‘smoke food’ and other rituals practised by the local people.  This aspect of the festival is a celebration of the rich cultural traditions, and the important values of sharing, unity and community self-help.
String band music is very popular on Carriacou and has historically been a main source of entertainment at social functions and the Parang Festival at Christmas.  There are various genres of this music and patrons will get to experience the scintillating power of this musical tradition.  You must dance!
Some Reflections on Food Security and Sustainability in Grenada’s 2010 Budget

by Martin P. Felix

Finance Minister Nazim Burke presented the Grenada 2010 budget with the theme of “Exploiting the Crisis for Job Creation, Renewed Growth and Sustainable Development through Partnerships.” While the presentation focused on several pillars of development and priority considerations, I found the section on agriculture most interesting for reasons of measuring sustainable development goals, and as well as for the long-terms benefits it promises to the average Grenadian.
REMEMBERING BROTHER REX, Part 1

Caldwell Taylor
                         Professor Rex Nettleford

Is the university of hunger the wide waste

Is the pilgrimage of man the long march

-From Martin Carter’s “University of Hunger”     

GRENADA INDEPENDENCE: "INDEPENDENCE IS “CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENT”

Sandra Pierre
Toronto, Canada.

          

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