By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe [Celebration & Remembrance of Tony Martin, Wellesley College, Wednesday, May 1, 2013.] I met Tony Martin when I arrived at Harvard University in 1976. Although we were both born in Trinidad, we had not met each other prior to that time. Tony was born in Port of Spain, the capital … Continue reading Selwyn Cudjoe Speaks on the Life of Tony Martin
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe Submitted: February 06, 2013 Posted: February 13, 2013 Tony Martin, an inspiration to his students and many of his colleagues, was a foundation member of the Africana Studies Department at Wellesley College. He believed in the integrity of the discipline and the principle of departmental autonomy. A meticulous scholar, his … Continue reading In Appreciation of Tony Martin
Family and Friends at Prof Tony Martin’s Send-Off – January 25, 2013 Trinicenter.com Reporters January 29, 2013 – trinicenter.com The Celebration and Thanksgiving Service for the life of Professor Dr. Tony Martin was held on Friday 25th January, 2013, at St. Theresa’s Church Woodbrook. Friends, family, historians and activists gathered to pay their respects to … Continue reading Celebrating the Life of Professor Tony Martin
UPDATE – JANUARY 28, 2013 Prof Tony Martin’s Send-Off — January 25, 2013 A Celebration and Thanksgiving Service for the life of Professor Anthony Martin 21st February, 1942 – 17th January, 2013. Service on Friday 25th January, 2013 at 9.00 a.m. St. Theresa’s R.C. Church, Woodbrook thence to the St. James Crematorium for 11.00 a.m. … Continue reading Professor Tony Martin Dies at 70
Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe delivered this lecture on June 27, 2014 in New York for National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe June 28, 2014 When Brother Aggery Dechinea, associate director of grievances and legal services, asked me to address you on the impact of Caribbean Culture on North America, I really had … Continue reading The Impact of Caribbean Culture on North America
recalcitrant 1. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. 2. hard to deal with, manage, or operate. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/recalcitrant Did Dr. Eric Williams brand all Indians “a hostile and recalcitrant minority”? And, why did he make such a statement? *** Excerpt from Dr. Winston Mahabir “When the PNM lost the Federal Election in 1958, … Continue reading “A hostile and recalcitrant minority”
THE EDITOR: Raymond Ramcharitar’s 21/9/11 piece on Africentrism [How to do the Afrocentric Hustle] was a shameless display of intellectual laziness and generalising with enough vitriol to hint at something I won’t even dignify here with a mention. Which is unfortunate because it took away from a message that contained some validity. There’re quite a … Continue reading Reply to Raymond Ramcharitar’s Africentrism
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe June 22, 2016 On Monday evening, like so many people across America, I attended a vigil in honor of the 49 people who were gunned down at Pulse Night Club in Orlando just because some folks hate gay people. I was on my way to London but stopped in Wellesley, … Continue reading Gay and Straight Together
By Dr. Kwame Nantambu May 27, 2015 The shooting and killing of unarmed 17 year-old African-American male Trayvon Martin on 26 February 2012 in Sanford, Florida; the 24 November 2014 “no indictment for officer Wilson” verdict arrived at by the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, in regard to the shooting and killing of the unarmed … Continue reading Decoding racial tensions in United States: Updated
By Corey Gilkes August 06, 2014 Years ago, the late economist and social thinker Lloyd Best pondered over the question of how does one save a culture from itself. This is a question we have not collectively dealt with as we continue to entangle ourselves more and more in the destructive aspects of this culture … Continue reading Emancipate Yourself from … Yourself