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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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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
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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 |
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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! |
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