Jaman.com – Westwood Park Trinidad and Tobago soap opera “Westwood Park” is now available for download (rental or purchase) at movie download site Jaman.com (tags: trinidad+tobago television)
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
Apr 20
Aimé Césaire at the end of dawn
I remembered only this morning that the late, great Martiniquan poet and statesman, Aimé Césaire, who passed away on April 17, was once featured on a Caribbean Free Radio podcast. On CFR #7 (released on March 27, 2005!), I played “Acid”, a track by the Martinquan jazz group Matébis featuring Césaire on “vocals”. Or, more [...]
Apr 18
links for 2008-04-18
Global Voices Online » Remembering Aimé Césaire Bloggers pay tribute to the great Martiniquan poet on the occasion of his passing. (tags: poetry martinique literature caribbbean antillesfrancaises)
Apr 09
Night sky, Trinidad
The power went about an hour ago, so here in the depths of the Diego Martin valley we’re experiencing a rare moment of utter darkness. A fellow Twitter user asked me the other day how much of the southern sky we were able to see from Trinidad. The answer is quite a lot of it, [...]
Apr 09
links for 2008-04-09
Balance on the Airwaves: Free Speech and responsibility The Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad & Tobago has posted the presentations from last week’s seminar online. The seminar outline suggested that “airwaves” included the internet, so definitely one to check out. (via TTCS blog) (tags: trinidad+tobago telecommunications broadcast freedomofspeech)
Apr 06
links for 2008-04-06
Antilles: the weblog of The Caribbean Review of Books: Naipaul-spotting Nikipedia rounds up the commentary on the buzz surrounding the publication of Patrick French’s long-awaited Naipaul bio. (tags: naipaul caribbean literature biography trinidad+tobago)
Apr 05
Austin, Day Two
It’s Day Two of the International Online Journalism Symposium at the University of Texas at Austin, and having given my presentation on Global Voices yesterday, I have no further obligations besides networking and business card distribution. Prof. Rosental Alves, who created the symposium nine years ago, has put on a solid show. The meeting is [...]
Apr 04
International Symposium on Online Journalism
I’m in Austin, Texas for the next couple of days, attending the International Symposium on Online Journalism. For a live webcast of the event, visit http://livewebcast.theacesbuilding.com/. UPDATE: Forgot to mention the symposium blog being maintained by Rosental Alves’s students. And photos.
Apr 02
links for 2008-04-02
Sound Comparisons Database of samples of English accents from around the world, though none from the Caribbean. (via John Kennedy) (tags: audio language linguistics)