Great roundup of Global Voices’ coverage of the global food crisis.

The Caribbean Review of Books’ blog begins a book of the month series

Trinidad and Tobago soap opera “Westwood Park” is now available for download (rental or purchase) at movie download site Jaman.com

Bloggers pay tribute to the great Martiniquan poet on the occasion of his passing.

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)

Nikipedia rounds up the commentary on the buzz surrounding the publication of Patrick French’s long-awaited Naipaul bio.

Database of samples of English accents from around the world, though none from the Caribbean. (via John Kennedy)

If you understand French and have access to Joost, you might enjoy watching this TV series from Burkina Faso.

Join others around the world TODAY in observing Earth Hour by turning off your lights and all unnecessary appliances at 8pm local time.

Guardian video showcasing a processing operation for the world’s finest coffee — good old Jamaican Blue Mountain

That people should be stigmatised by past membership in a college a cappella groups seems to me one of several things wrong with America.

The ‘08 report is out: “The state of the American news media in 2008 is more troubled than a year ago. And the problems, increasingly, appear to be different than many experts have predicted.”

“Got $15 bucks? Microfinance a Working Musician and do a world of good.” Calabash Music launches a micro-fund for musicians.

Web site for Sanjeev Chatterjee’s atmospheric film about the future of the world’s water supply.

An here’s another film about the future of water, but in fictionalised form, starring Nandita Das.

“India presents a very grey-scaled picture on this front. India had a woman prime minister and women Supreme Court lawyers and judges long before most of the world. It also has high levels of domestic abuse and dowry-deaths. And of course, there are femal

“If you want to know the future of humanity, don’t look someplace new. Look someplace old: someplace where dynasties and empires have risen and fallen for thousands of years, someplace where scant land has sustained swelling populations for millennia. L

“Who will play Cindy Breakspeare?” asks a cheeky Nikipedia in the e-mail he sent along with this link to a Gleaner report on the two Bob Marley film projects in the works.

An alarming statistic visualised in video at the WITNESS human rights HUB.

Rent Shonali Bose’s drama “Amu” for free at jaman.com! Special International Women’s Day offer ends this weekend.

Spirited audio description of Peter Doig’s “Man Dressed as Bat”.

From Annie in J’ca: “Suffice it to say that far more education and honest debate on the subject needs to take place here. At the same time international gay rights organizations also need to educate themselves on the very complex reasons for what is being

“A growing underground network of young people armed with computer memory sticks, digital cameras and clandestine Internet hookups has been mounting some challenges to the Cuban government in recent months, spreading news that the official state media try

Global Voices has set up a special page aggregating the blog coverage of the South American border crisis. Check it out!

“Even as the United States State Department points to Jamaica being a hub for marijuana production and export in the Caribbean, the island’s government has revealed it’s exploring the possibility of making the drug legal.”

Women in Johannesburg don miniskirts to stage a protest: “The protest came after Nwabisa Ngcukana, 25, was allegedly attacked by a group of taxi-drivers and street hawkers for wearing a miniskirt.”

Global Voices’ Advocacy guide es disponible en español.

The easy way to write Arabic! (via Amira)