Reviews two books. "Haitian-Dominican Counterpoint: Nation, Race and State on Hispaniola," by Eugenio Matibag; "The Development of Literary Blackness in the Dominican Republic," by Dawn F. Stinchcomb.;
Discusses the border of race and the routes to reconciliation initiated and foreclosed between Latin America and the anglophone Caribbean. Background on dispute between Guyana and Venezuela; Reflection of the actual response of Guyana to the border dispute with Venezuela in the writing of author Rudolph Collins; Methods taken by both Guyana and Venezuela to achieve the displacement and disenfranchisement of native peoples.;
Discusses words from Jamaican dread talk that are integrated into the Spanish spoken by Rastas in Cuba. Existence of international dread talk words in lists of Rasta words; Translation of the term Cabeza Creadora as head of family; Categories of Cuban Rastafarian community.;
Discusses the history of migrants from the British Caribbean in Cuba during the early twentieth century. Views of sociologist Anthony Maingot on the single greatest lacuna in the study of the Caribbean; Focus on the organization practices of these migrants answering questions within social science scholarship in the Caribbean such as race, religion and nation; Information on the Universal Negro Improvement Association formed by Marcus Garvey.;
