African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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184 p, Faces of the Caribbean seeks to investigate the story behind the stock images of this unique region of sea and islands sandwiched between the New World continents. Acclaimed Caribbean expert John Gilmore gives an overview of the region and the complex historical forces that have shaped its extraordinary diversity and creativity. He examines the legacy of slavery and exploitation, reggae as cultural phenomenon and growth industry, the impact of Derek Walcott, sugar and cricket, volcanoes and the environment, Creole literature, the Anglican faith, and much more in this engaging volume. (Amazon);
Describes Fidel Castro's ten day at the Theresa Hotel in Harlem beginning on September 18, 1960, when he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations
Leslie profiles Euzhan Palcy, an African-American filmmaker from the island of Martinique in the West Indies. In her films Palcy has profiled the poet Aime Cesaire and taken on the atrocities of apartheid
