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32. Bristol, slavery and the politics of representation: the Slave Trade Gallery in the Bristol Museum
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Otele,Olivette (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Apr 2012
- Published:
- Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social Semiotics
- Journal Title Details:
- 22(2) : 155-172
- Notes:
- In 1996 the city of Bristol celebrated its maritime past by focusing on key explorers while forgetting to mention their involvement in transatlantic conquests, and in particular in the slave trade. This partial amnesia led to a local controversy and, as a result, Black and White liberals together with the local authority organised an exhibition in 1999 on Bristol and the Slave Trade. A year later, the exhibition was transferred from the Bristol Museum to a different site and became a permanent part of the display in the Bristol Industrial Museum. This article analyses the ways in which the period of the transatlantic slave trade was officially represented and perceived by visitors to the Slave Trade Gallery. The paper examines the politics of memory by trying to answer key questions concerning Bristol's commemoration of the past in a context in which multiculturalism was a hotly debated issue.
33. CPR Annual Kwanzaa - A Community Celebration
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Jan 12-Jan 18, 2012
- Published:
- Jamaica, NY
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- The Weekly Gleaner
- Journal Title Details:
- p. E5
- Notes:
- The annual event is a celebration of the second principle of Nguzo Saba, 'Kujichagulia' which means 'self determination'. Providing musical entertainment for the night was the Anthem Band along with saxophonist, Jerry Johnson and roots reggae singers Ossie Dellimore, Major Daps and Noel Jones. Cater Van Pelt was the selector for the evening and food was catered · by Totally Delicious Restaurant.
34. Caribbean liberators : bold, brilliant and Black personalities and organizations, 1900-1989
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Teelucksingh,Jerome (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Bethesda, MD: Academica Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 294 p., Documents the lives and work of black individuals and organizations in the West Indies from 1900 to 1989, centered on the worlds of labor and black journalism. The French Caribbean is not covered here. Focuses on historical information as well as information on relationships between the two main "servant" minorities of the British Empire: Caribbeans originally from Africa and from India/Pakistan.
35. Caribbean nations got head start on equality
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Julal,Beverly (Author) and Davis,Clair (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-02-26
- Published:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Philadelphia Tribune
- Journal Title Details:
- 15 : 7A
- Notes:
- With the new law instituted, the face of the population of the Caribbean evolved and whites eventually became a minority although they continued to hold their superior social status. According to a book called "Caribbean Islands - The Sugar Revolutions and Slavery," by the early 19th century, less than 5 percent of the population in Grenada, Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Tobago were white. They accounted for less than 10 percent of the population of Anguilla, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and the Virgin Islands. Only in the Bahamas, Barbados and Trinidad were more than 10 percent of the population white.
36. Caribbean sprinters ready to pounce
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gaye,Egbert (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-07-26
- Published:
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Montreal Community Contact
- Journal Title Details:
- 14 : 11
- Notes:
- No doubt the friendly, but highly-charged rivalry between Jamaica's two world record holders. [Yohan Blake] and Bolt will be the focus of attention after what has been a highlight year for both. But other Caribbean sprinters such as St. Kitts' [Kim Collins] and Trinidad and Tobago's [Richard Thompson] and fellow Jamaican Powell cannot be ruled out of the medal mix in the 100 and 200 meters. The 22-year-old Blake made a show of his aspirations when he easily won last year's World Championships after Bolt was disqualified: he then made a permanent dent in Bolt's armor of invincibility by clobbering him twice (100m and 200m) at Jamaica's Olympic trials earlier this month. Other Caribbean athletes poised to make their mark in London are Grenada's Rondell Bartolomew, (400m), Ryan Braithwaite à former World Championship gold medalist of Barbados, (110m Hurdles); St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Kineke Alexander (Women's 400m), Antiguan sprinter Daniel Bailey, (100m), and Guyana's Aliann Pompey, a former Commonwealth Games gold medalist (Women's 400m).
37. Carlos Cooks and Garveyism: Bridging Two Eras of Black Nationalism
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Rivera,Pedro R. (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- District of Columbia: Howard University
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- 230 p., Carlos A. Cooks (1913-1966) was a pan-African leader, street speaker and is remembered as perhaps the most militant advocate of the racial-pride philosophies and self-help programs of Marcus Garvey (1887-1940). Cooks was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in a household where his father was a Garveyite. Cooks arrived in New York City in 1929, joined the ranks of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and later formed his own organization, the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement (ANPM), after Garvey died in 1940. For the following two decades, Cooks struggled to materialize the original objectives of the UNIA, exhibiting the commitment that earned him distinction among Harlem personalities. By the 1960s, Cooks had kept the legacy of Garvey going, worked with leaders fighting for freedom in Africa and the diaspora, and organized cultural and economic activities that became part of the Black Power Movement. T
38. Celebrating Marcus Garvey
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Daniels,Ron (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-08-15
- Published:
- Seattle, WA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- The Skanner
- Journal Title Details:
- 33 : 4
- Notes:
- Speaking of "audacity of hope," [Marcus Mosiah Garvey] burst upon the global scene at a time when the vast majority of Africans suffered under the boot of white supremacy either through ruthless, exploitative and humiliating forms of European colonialism or segregation/apartheid in the Diaspora. As his life's commitment, the Jamaican-bom national was determined to use his extraordinary gins as a visionary, orator and organizer to uplift the African race and propel Black people to their rightful place in the forefront of civilization. To achieve his goal, however, he had to find a way to "keep hope alive." One of Garvey's greatest gifts was his keen appreciation of the role that symbols play in inspiring, uplifting and motivating disadvantaged and oppressed people. There was hardly a more daunting challenge than finding a way to give hope to the ethnically disparate and virtually universally despised sons and daughters of Africa. Never one to be discouraged by the difficulty of the task, Garvey boldly declared that he would give Black people a vision of a "government," men of "big affairs and a "flag!"
39. Civilization and the poetics of slavery
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Shilliam,Robbie (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- London, UK: Sage Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Thesis Eleven
- Journal Title Details:
- 108(1) : 99-117
- Notes:
- Proposes that civilizational analysis has yet to fully address the colonial legacy and, to clarify the stakes at play, compares and contrasts the historical sociology of CLR James with the mytho-poetics of Derek Walcott. Both authors, in different ways, have attempted to endow that quintessentially un-civilizable body -- the New World slave -- with subjecthood.
40. Comparative perspectives on Afro-Latin America
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Dixon,Kwame (Author) and Burdick,John (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Gainesville: University Press of Florida
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 365 p, Discussion of the experience of blackness and cultural difference, black political mobilization, and state responses to Afro-Latin activism throughout Latin America. Its thematic organization and holistic approach set it apart as the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey of these populations and the issues they face currently available.