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2. All things are possible
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Springer,Bevan (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Dec 13-Dec 19, 2012
- Published:
- New York, NY
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- New York Amsterdam News
- Journal Title Details:
- 50 : 18
- Notes:
- [...]we already are making it, so it's time to stop complaining about the system and claim our inheritance in 2013.
3. El Gallo Pinto: Afro-Caribbean Rice And Beans Conquer The Costa Rican National Cuisine
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Vega Jimenez,Patricia (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Jun 2012
- Published:
- Oxford, UK: Berg Publishers
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Food, Culture & Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(2) : 223-240
- Notes:
- The combination of rice and beans was introduced in the nineteenth century by Afro-Caribbean migrant railroad workers. Notwithstanding elite self-perception of Costa Rica as a white, European nation, economic necessity during the Great Depression helped gallo pinto gain middle class acceptance. This case illustrates both the importance of social and economic history in shaping cultural symbols and also the ways that lower-class foods can become central to national identities.
4. Great days Pon Di River
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Henry,Davina (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- May 10-May 16, 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. 10
- Notes:
- "We do it in the rural areas more than we do it in Kingston and I think events such as Kingston Pon Di River really need to happen more. It's a way of giving people a voice. I really congratulate the organisers, and it's one of those events that people should put on their calendar," she said. "I thought the audience reception was very positive. It's encouraging me to write some more stories. Kingston Pon Di River buss me as a creative writer, so mi haffi go through," she told The Gleaner.
5. Madam Zajj and US Steel: Blackness, Bioperformance, and Duke Ellington's Calypso Theater
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Vogel,Shane (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Jan 2012
- Published:
- Durham, NC: Duke University Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Social Text
- Journal Title Details:
- 30(4) : 1-24
- Notes:
- Develops a theoretical framework of biopolitical performance with which to approach the 1957 televised broadcast of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's A Drum Is a Woman. Presented on the drama anthology program The United States Steel Hour, this theater-music-dance suite fused elements of Afro-Caribbean rhythm with swing and bebop to tell a history of jazz, featuring acclaimed performers such as Carmen de Lavallade, Margaret Tynes, Joya Sherrill, and Talley Beatty. Argues that through their experimentation Ellington and Strayhorn created a hybrid performance in the mode of "calypso theater": a formal and thematic engagement with an Afro-Caribbean performance history.
6. NDTC begins celebration of its 50th
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Rowe,Marcia (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Feb 16-Feb 22, 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. 12
- Notes:
- "The LTM and NDTC relationship speaks for itself, we need each other," she said, before continuing to creatively embroider her personal experiences with the NDTC into her speech. With the dance floor of the NDTC studio as the stage, the delightful evening's programme flowed with a message from the chairman of the Rex Nettleford Foundation, Carlton Davis, a vote of thanks from NDTC Musical Director, Marjorie Whylie, and excerpts from the company's' repertoire. The dances were performed by the now generation of dancers.