Word of mouth (May/June 2013)
Arrival matters Neil Marks previews the celebrations for the 175th anniversary of Indian Arrival in Guyana When slavery in the British West...
Happenings – May/June 2012
In honour of Indian Arrival History tells us that after emancipation a dearth of willing labourers led plantation owners to petition the...
Happenings – May/June 2011
Designing Dreams in T&T “Go on designing your dreams,” Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told...
Voyage of the Fatel Rozack
After the emancipation of the slaves in 1838, many of the freed blacks gradually withdrew from full-time labour on the sugar plantations....
A Passage From India
On May 30, 1845, a small sailing ship of 415 tonnes, the Fatel Rozack, tied up at the lighthouse jetty in Port of Spain, Trinidad after a...
Island Beat (May/June 1999)
Carnival is traditionally a pre-Lenten celebration, but in the summer months, many North American and European visitors arrive on our...
