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William Hardin Burnley and the Glorious Revolution August 24, 2009
In an interesting article, "The 'Glorious Revolution' of August 1, 1838" (Express, August 2nd 2009), Selwyn Ryan presents William Hardin Burnley (1780-1850), the largest slaveholder in Trinidad and Tobago, as one of the "more forward-looking" planters in terms of human resource management strategy. He suggests that after the emancipation of the enslaved Africans Burnley felt that "the extinction of slavery has created a mighty revolution, in that, in this island, the master was now the slave and the former slave the master." Full Article
Securing Our Future in Turbulent Times August 01, 2009
A lecture delivered by Professor Cudjoe at the 9th Annual Emancipation Day Dinner of the National Association for the Empowerment of African People [NAEAP] at the Center of Excellence, Tunapuna, Trinidad, July 31, 2009. Professor Cudjoe is the president of NAEAP.) Full Article
A. R. F. Webber: Tobago Scholar and Caribbean Statesman April 26, 2009
On July 1, 1932, the Port of Spain Gazette announced the death of the Hon. Albert Forbes Raymond Webber of Guyana. It reported that J. F. Webber, Albert's brother and a resident of Trinidad, had received word that his brother had died the night before aboard a ship on the Essequibo River while he was on his way to Bartica. Full Article
A. R. F. Webber's Modernity January 17, 2009
On December 1, 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed that the United States economy has been in recession since December 2007. In November 2008 the German economy went into recession after its GDP fell by 0.5 percent in the three months prior to September, following a 0.4 percent drop in the previous quarter. Two weeks later, Japan's economy, the second largest in the world, also went into recession. Full Article
The Zimbabwean Tragedy November 12, 2008
The continuing suffering of the Zimbabwean people must bring tears to the eyes of any humanitarian. For those of us who prayed and propagandize for the overthrow of Ian Smith of Southern Rhodesia, the ascendency of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo was god send. It was a beautiful sight. Full Article
Sweetness and Power:
The Turbulent Career of Badase Sagan Maraj October 15, 2008
Each week the Academy of at UTT for Arts, Letters, Culture and Public Affairs presents "The Research Fellows' Series" in which the Fellows of the Academy offer their aspects of their research to the public. These projects are supposed to be path-breaking offerings that lend new insights into aspect of our society and personalities in our society. Full Article
"Tell Me Who to Kill?" September 26, 2008
It's the kind of story that would get a cat vex or make a donkey want to commit murder. Imagine a young, imaginative entrepreneur, someone who does not possess a "gimme-gimme" mentality, comes into town and tells the world that he will build an empire that would make anything Sat Maharaj ever dreamed of doing look like a doll's house. Full Article
The Economy, Stupid September 19, 2008
Last week's article drew some interesting comments. I asserted that in spite of the bump in the polls the Republican Party received because of Governor Sarah Palin's presence on the ticket, ultimately "the performance of the US economy is likely to remain the key to the election's outcome." Full Article
Pigs, Fish and Politics September 12, 2008
Sarah Palin, it seems, is about to topple the Presidential apple cart. My friend Louis Lee Sing (we were in Chicago to look at the T&T vs. USA soccer match) is afraid. "Selwyn," he says, "it seems as though Palin might do it." Full Article
Literature and Its Liberation September 07, 2008
When Rawle Gibbons asked me to do this lecture, I was excited but also afraid: excited by the honor that he had bestowed upon me; afraid that whatever I said would not be well received. More daunting: I didn't know exactly what I wanted to say to you. Full Article
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