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Will reparations for slavery, and white apology tours improve the national psyche?Will reparations for slavery, and white apology tours improve the national psyche?

Will reparations for slavery, and white apology tours improve the national psyche?

Will reparations for slavery, and white apology tours improve the national psyche? The notion that people of European descent should… Read More

4 years ago
Kweyol Day, National Day, Independence Day . . . Anyone Care?Kweyol Day, National Day, Independence Day . . . Anyone Care?

Kweyol Day, National Day, Independence Day . . . Anyone Care?

Although my passport doesn’t have Loosha stamped in it, since I am paying taxes here (a lot of it!) I… Read More

5 years ago
Was treachery at the heart of the no-confidence vote that sank the SLP in 1982?Was treachery at the heart of the no-confidence vote that sank the SLP in 1982?

Was treachery at the heart of the no-confidence vote that sank the SLP in 1982?

The 1981 Budget debate had all the ingredients of Hollywood soap opera: intrigue, unimaginable deception, double dealing, criminal accusations,… Read More

5 years ago
The Rural Unknown: Lest We Forget Sesenne!The Rural Unknown: Lest We Forget Sesenne!

The Rural Unknown: Lest We Forget Sesenne!

If you’re Saint Lucian, then you know the significance of the name Sesenne Descartes, and if you’re a millennial… Read More

5 years ago
Brother George Remembered 15 Years OnBrother George Remembered 15 Years On

Brother George Remembered 15 Years On

Tropical Storm Kirk may have left terrifying marks elsewhere in Saint Lucia but it only temporarily dimmed the lights on… Read More

5 years ago
The Windrush Generation: Reconciliation and When Governments Say SorryThe Windrush Generation: Reconciliation and When Governments Say Sorry

The Windrush Generation: Reconciliation and When Governments Say Sorry

It’s often remarked, “It’s not hard to say sorry” yet the longstanding reluctance of many governments of former British colonies… Read More

5 years ago
What We Don’t Know About the AmerindiansWhat We Don’t Know About the Amerindians

What We Don’t Know About the Amerindians

Nearly bare-bodied people adorned with paint, animal teeth and armed with spears are depicted generically in Caribbean history books as… Read More

5 years ago
When Will We Learn To Love And Respect Ourselves?When Will We Learn To Love And Respect Ourselves?

When Will We Learn To Love And Respect Ourselves?

With Emancipation Day just few days ago the Internet was abuzz with Afrocentrism. Quotes from Bob Marley, Mandela and… Read More

5 years ago
What power do little nations have in the digital age?What power do little nations have in the digital age?

What power do little nations have in the digital age?

History shows small nations have an immense capacity to be influential. Read More

5 years ago
Will the bones of Saint Lucian Freedom Fighters Come Home Again?Will the bones of Saint Lucian Freedom Fighters Come Home Again?

Will the bones of Saint Lucian Freedom Fighters Come Home Again?

So weighty was Ben Bousquet’s activism for the black and immigrant population in Notting Hill, London that some 20 years… Read More

5 years ago
FRC and CDF to host St. Lucia Studies Conference 2018FRC and CDF to host St. Lucia Studies Conference 2018

FRC and CDF to host St. Lucia Studies Conference 2018

Well before the disastrous fire that destroyed the headquarters and extensive archives of the 45-year-old Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research… Read More

5 years ago
ARCHIVES ON PARADEARCHIVES ON PARADE

ARCHIVES ON PARADE

I know all about that archives business, I know what you are going to study. You shall be opening skulls". The… Read More

5 years ago
THE FRC TRAGEDY – LESSONS TO BE LEARNEDTHE FRC TRAGEDY – LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

THE FRC TRAGEDY – LESSONS TO BE LEARNED

Much like the town of Castries, seventy years ago, sometime between 10 and 11 o’clock on the night of March… Read More

5 years ago
CARICOM AND CUBA SOLIDARITYCARICOM AND CUBA SOLIDARITY

CARICOM AND CUBA SOLIDARITY

Another CARICOM-Cuba summit, the sixth, has recently ended in Antigua and Barbuda. These summits followed the establishment of diplomatic relations… Read More

6 years ago