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The Slave Master of Trinidad by Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
The Slave Master of Trinidad by Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe


Indian Time Ah Come by Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
Indian Time Ah Come by Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe


Caribbean Visionary: A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation by Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe
Caribbean Visionary: A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation by Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe


RUPERTA Tale in Black and White GRAY
The new edition of the novel published by Calaloux Publications RUPERTA Tale in Black and White GRAY by Stephen Nathaniel Cobham [PDF]
The Cudjoe Collection of Trinidad and Tobago Literature With an Introduction by Selwyn R. Cudjoe

Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe is a professor of Literature at
Wellesley College


Identity and Caribbean Literature
A lecture delivered to the Japanese Black Studies
Association at Nara Women's College, Nara, Japan.


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Dr Rowley's public vulgarity March 18, 2024
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago was at his most vulgar on Thursday, March 9, when he sought to scandalise my name at a public meeting at Enterprise, Chaguanas. However, his public performance revealed more about his moral blindness, his public vulgarity, his intellectual narrowness and aggressive narcissism. No one who read my 28-page, carefully footnoted lecture could have arrived at his conclusion. Full Article

The dangerous Mr Trump March 12, 2024
Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, will face President Biden, the Democratic nominee, in the next US presidential election. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that Trump could win that election. Most of the polls, including the prestigious New York Times/Siena College poll, have given Trump a 2% lead over President Biden. Full Article

Decolonising the Euro-American universities' curriculum
March 05, 2024
It was one of those trips that I find particularly gruesome. On Tuesday, I travelled from Boston, USA, to Edmonton, Canada, via Minneapolis, to participate in a conference, "Pan Africanism: Decolonising the University Curriculum", at the University of Alberta. When I arrived, the temperature was -15°F. It was freezing cold. Full Article

A Quest for Truth February 21, 2024
"A Quest for Truth" was delivered on Monday Night February 19, 2024, at the UNC's forum on crime. Full Article

Dem people February 20, 2024
After my column "Rowley cannot fix the crime problem" appeared in the Sunday Express a few weeks ago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Jearlean John, leader and deputy leader of the United National Congress (UNC), respectively, invited me to share my views on the crime situation in Trinidad and Tobago in its Anti-Crime Conversation that it was conducting. I accepted their kind invitation without reservation. Full Article

If Jesus Returned to this Earth February 13, 2024
If Jesus returned to this earth, what form would he take; what region would he go to; and where would he live? We know that he was born in a manger, the humblest of all dwellings, but would he reappear in the pomp and regality of a king, the self-importance and arrogance of a prime-minister, or the swagger and manipulative power of a financier? Full Article

Living and dying on a river bank February 06, 2024
If you are travelling from Port of Spain to Arima and pass through Tacarigua and make a left turn onto Richard Street, you would be heading to the Northern Range. It will take you to a semi-urban community, Paradise Gardens, that sits at the base of that magnificent mountain. Sometimes its serenity feels like paradise as the soft, refreshing breezes that caress the community.
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Rowley cannot solve our crime problem January 30, 2024
Keith Rowley and his Government will not solve our growing crime problem for the simple reason that Rowley has become a part of the problem rather than part of a solution. He is much too arrogant, indecisive, ill-disciplined and un-inspirational to lead such a vital national effort. Full Article

Consigning Panday's Memory to National Forgetfulness
January 23, 2024
No fallen prime minister since Eric Williams has ever received such an outpouring of sympathy as Basdeo Panday did. On Thursday, the mayor of Siparia and his council members expressed the hope that, "His legacy as a dedicated servant leader, a man of unwavering principles, and a champion for the people of Trinidad and Tobago will always be remembered and cherished." (Express, January 18). I am not sure their wish will come to pass. Full Article

Karen's foibles January 16, 2024
"Ah did tell Karen, at least in my dream, not to storm de people fete (ah mean de funeral). I told her, don't go where you are not wanted and most of all, never make yo' self a pappy show among Trini people. They will never let you forget it. Consumed with self-importance, Karen responded: ‘Ah have to show respect and honour Panday's remarkable career, so ah going.'" Full Article

Irrational exuberance January 08, 2024
On January 1, 2024, Prime Minister Keith Rowley offered a disappointing New Year's greeting to his nation. It is as though he were speaking about another country at another moment of time; sounding as someone out of touch with the existentialist realities of his society. Full Article

A visit from my future December 31, 2023
On Saturday of last weekend, I drove from Boston to Harlem to hear my daughter's sermon at Rev Al Sharpton's Action Network Committee (ANC) located on West 145th Street. Her sermon, "A Visit from Your Future", traced "the life of a wealthy and ruthless businessman named Ebenezer Scrooge", the major character of Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol. Full Article


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