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Go Tell It on the Mountain

“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin, first published in 1953. The book is a coming-of-age story that follows the experiences of John Grimes, a young African-American boy growing up in Harlem in the 1930s.
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A Jamaican Plantation: The History of Worthy Park 1670-1970

“A Jamaican Plantation: A History of Worthy Park 1670-1970” is an enlightening account of the establishment and development of Worthy Park, a Jamaican plantation town. Written by Richard Hart, a Jamaican historian, this book is an extensive examination of the economic, social, and political history of Worthy Park, which is renowned for its sugar cane production.
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This Bridge Called My Back – Book Review

Originally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of colour feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The collection explores, as co-editor Cherríe Moraga writes, “the complex confluence of identities—race, class, gender, and sexuality—systemic to women of colour oppression and liberation.”
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Blood Bath – Book Review

By Susan D. Mustafa, Tony Clayton & Sue Israel The story of Derrick Todd Lee, the south Louisiana serial killer, is scary and unnerving. “I’ve been watching you” is a scary thing to hear. That’s the ...
Passing

Passing

Nella LarsenPaperbackPublisher: Penguin Books Australia (2 April 2003)ASIN: B008AUIXZGISBN-10: 0142437271ISBN-13: 9780142437278 The Modern Library is proud to present Passing — an electrifying story of two ...
The Creoles of Lousiana

Creoles of Louisiana

George W. CablePaperback, 312 pagesPublisher: Pelican Publishing (July 30, 2000)ISBN-10: 1565547527ISBN-13: 978-1565547520 Originally published in 1884, Creoles of Louisiana remains an excellent reference o...
Creole Families of New Orleans

Creole Families of New Orleans

Grace KingPaperback, 490 pagesPublisher: Forgotten Books (September 27, 2015)ISBN-10: 1332310702ISBN-13: 978-1332310708 This book comes in response to a long-felt wish by a humble student of Louisiana histo...
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Le Maringouin, a particularly dangerous enemy

A review of: “The Mosquito” by Timothy C. Winegard By: Dr Colin Michie, Paediatrician, London The Mosquito by T. Winegard Continuing fascination with romantic vampires contrasts with the reality that ove...
Growth in Afro-Caribbean Pentecostal Churches

Growth in Afro-Caribbean Pentecostal Churches

Lionel Ethan-Adollo Paperback, 2006, 108 pages Publisher: Athena Press ISBN-10: 1844013251 In commemoration of one hundred years of the Pentecostal movement (1906-2006), possibly the most globally significant ...
Haiti once again

Haiti Once Again

J R Gelin Paperback, 2012, 112 pages Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN-10: 1622300327 Since gaining its independence from France in 1804, after a brutal war that lasted over a decade, Haiti has been fighting for its...
Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit

Caribbean Festival Arts: Each and Every Bit

John Nunley, Judith Bettelheim, Barbara A Bridges Hardcover, 1988, 220 pages Publisher: University of Washington Press ISBN-10: 0295967021 This is a 218 page softcover book w/ color photographs. A map and glos...