Addresses the place of Carnival in the creation of a national cultural narrative in Trinidad and Tobago and examines the role that such a narrative plays in the formation of a coherent national cultural identity
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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284 p, Originalmente Dissertação, Mestrado, universidade do Estado do Rio do Janeiro (2001). Analisa a linguagem do samba-enredo na década de 1990, identificando as estratégias discursivas utilizadas pelos compositores do gênero. Inclui também, depoimentos históricos de personalidades do carnaval carioca.;
Plans to celebrate Haiti's 2004 bicentennial were discussed recently by Minister Leslie Voltaire at the Center for Constitutional Rights in Manhattan NY. He said plans were underway to have a large exhibition commemorating the international slave trade and a symposium of African writers in the diaspora.
The Los Angeles Caribbean Carnival, held in late Oct 2002, featured uninhibited dancing from scantily-clad women, entertainment from Calypso Rose and other Caribbean musicians and plenty of good food.
The month of March sees thousands of West Indians in the U.S. and abroad in colorful celebration of their Phagwa holiday- the origin of which is almost mythical and its exact time of origination is not known
