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2. Language, culture and Caribbean identity
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Allsopp,Jeannette (Editor) and Rickford,John R. (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: Canoe Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 178 p., A publication to commemorate the life and work of the late Richard Allsopp, Caribbean linguist extraordinaire, pioneering lexicographer and cultural researcher. Explores various aspects of language, culture and identity in the region, focusing on themes that engaged Allsopp in his lifetime: Creole linguistics, Caribbean lexicography, language in folklore and religion, literature, music and dance, and language issues in Caribbean schools.
3. Patrick Chamoiseau : a critical introduction
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Knepper,Wendy (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 274 p., Examines the career, oeuvre, and literary theories of one of the most important Caribbean writers living today. Chamoiseau's work sheds light on the dynamic processes of creolization that have shaped Caribbean history and culture. The author's diverse body of work, which includes plays, novels, fictionalized memoirs, treatises, and other genres of writing, offers a compelling vision of the postcolonial world from a francophone Caribbean perspective.
4. Reassembling the fragments : voice and identity in Caribbean discourse
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Morgan,Paula (Editor) and Youssef,Valerie (Editor)
- Format:
- Book, Edited
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 198 p., brings together the work of scholars in the field of Caribbean literary and linguistic study. Its genesis was the University of the West Indies 2011 commemorative conference in honor of recently retired professors Bridget Brereton, Barbara Lalla and Ian Robertson. This volume engages the seminal work done by Lalla and Robertson with focus on their contributions to theoretical constructs, original data collection and analysis, and the formation of a Caribbean-based ethos.
5. Songs in the shade of the flamboyant tree : French Creole lullabies and nursery rhymes
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Grosléziat,Chantal (Editor), Mindy,Paul (Music compiler), and Corvaisier,Laurent (Illustrator)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Montréal: Secret Mountain
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 vol. (unpaged) + 1 sound disc, Collection celebrates life’s passages and various island rituals in the tropical isles of Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, and Reunion. Lyrics are reproduced in the original French Creole dialects and translated into English, followed by notes on the origin and cultural context of each song.
6. Study focuses on Haitian media
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- Feb 2-Feb 8, 2012
- Published:
- Coral Springs, FL
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- South Florida Times
- Journal Title Details:
- 5 : 1B-1B,3B
- Notes:
- The study found that Creole and French-language media in Miami have a significant dual function for the Haitian community, "fostering societal cohesion and immigrant incorporation" while, at the same time, helping Haitians living in Miami to "keep informed about and participate in what is happening in Haiti." "We wanted to look at the Haitian media in greater Miami because the community is the largest Haitian community in the country and the second-largest national origin group in Miami Dade County, yet little is known about its media in the larger society." "In the first days of the catastrophe, they all went to English-speaking television, whether they could understand it or not," said Tsitsi Wakhisi, associate professor of Professional Practice in Journalism at the U.M. School of Communication and another co-author of the report. "The people were looking for on-the-ground coverage, while using their cell phones to try to reach people in Haiti. Once American networks stopped their coverage, they relied on Haitian media."
7. West Africa in the Caribbean : art, artefacts and ideas
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Lewis,Maureen Warner (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- December, 2011
- Published:
- Durban, South Africa
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Critical arts: a journal for cultural studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 25 (4): 555-564
- Notes:
- Special journal issue: Communicating Pan-Africanism: Caribbean leadership and global impact, While kinship and political structures could not be transferred from Africa to the Caribbean under the conditions of forced migration, kinetic expressiveness, artistic skills and mental epistemologies were retained. These retentions covered domains such as religious ideas, musical instrumentation and morphology, dance choreography, culinary forms, hair and dress aesthetics, language syntax, economic activity and cooperation.