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Webinar over Sranan en veerkracht Afro talen
Op 5 maart 2023 organiseert de Beweging Zwarte Vooruitgang Suriname een webinar over het Sranantongo als taal van de verbinding.
read on…Fantasies – Love-making poems
Fantasies – Love-making poems by Fabian Badejo, “a grown-up” book launching at St. Martin Book Fair 2018
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (May 29, 2018)—Fantasies – Love-making poems by Fabian Adekunle Badejo has just been published here by House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP), said the indie press president Jacqueline Sample. The newest book by Badejo, a well-known St. Martin writer, is “A grown-up literary confection that does what verse written by men seems to seldom do these days,” said author and journalist Sharon Leach of the Jamaica Observer newspaper. read on…
St. Martin book wins USA book design award
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (January 3, 2018)—Language, Culture and Identity in St. Martin by Rhoda Arrindell, a leading St. Martin linguist, has won the Graphic Design USA Award according to Gordon Kay, editor of the GDUSA magazine. Carole Maugé-Lewis designed the winning book cover for the House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP) title, said Jacqueline Sample, president of the St. Martin indie press. read on…
St. Martin books and writers at international literature conference
Great Bay, St. Martin (November 8, 2016)—Gone are the days when a territorial, regional, or international conference on education, culture, media, tourism or such related subject areas could be held in St. Martin without a single writer or serious book from the island being available for conference-goers to interact with.
At least that’s what it looked like at the recent exhibit of over 40 book titles published in St. Martin and managed by Odele Anderson, a senior member of the St. Martin Book Fair Committee. read on…
St. Martin women tell their own hair stories for International Women’s Day
Great Bay, St. Martin (February 23, 2014)—“Hard Hair: St. Martin Women and the Culture of Natural Hair” is a panel discussion set for International Women’s Day, March 8, at 7:30 PM, at Philipsburg Jubilee Library, said organizer Rochelle Ward.
The lifestyle discussion of natural hair stories by St. Martin women is the first program in 2014 from Don’t Break the Comb (DBC), the island’s first natural hair group, said co-founder Ward.
The panelists are Dr. Nilda Arduin, ombudsman, Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, linguist, educator, Robin Boasman, author of Lizzy Lizard, the ACT Award book of the year, and two poetry-writing attorneys, Patricia Chance-Duzant and Ayana Tyrell.
“Robin Boasman, who is also a kindergarten teacher and mother of one son, is delighted to tell her story. Ayana Tyrell, a practicing lawyer at Alex Richardson and Associates in Anguilla, will speak about natural hair perceptions; and Attorney Patricia Chance-Duzant will share her fascinating childhood hair stories,” said Ward.
“Nature is beautiful,” said Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, “and if your hair is natural by design, though it may be adjusted to fit your moods and phases in life, it is already created perfect.” A former minister of education and culture, Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, will share her thoughts on hair and identity.
“The panel will create greater awareness and appreciation for afro hair as a way of ‘being’ and accepting oneself,” said Dr. Nilda Arduin, whose “Aha! Moment” about her hair occurred at age 16.
“It is fitting for us St. Martin women to tell our own natural hair stories as many women from the Americas, Europe, other parts of the Caribbean, Africa and the South Pacific are returning to or taking this natural hair pilgrimage toward self-acceptance,” said Ward.
And as if hair stories will not produce a lively enough discussion, a table of books by St. Martin women will be added as a unique centerpiece of the program. “I think people will be surprised to see how many St. Martin women have written books within a short period of time,” said Ward, herself a leading new generation published poet, blogger, and high school teacher.
DBC is inviting all interested women authors of St. Martin who would like to participate in the book table exhibition to email DBC atcontact@dontbreakthecomb.com. “It’s a perfect International Women’s Day feature. Attendees of the panel discussion are invited to purchase books by Ruby Bute, the first St. Martin woman to publish a book in the 1980s; and books by drs. Gracita Arrindell, Felicita Williams, Esther Gumbs, Robin Boasman, Janice James, and others, including newly published women writers in Where I See The Sun – Contemporary Poetry in St. Martin. A number of the authors will be present to socialize and autograph copies after the discussion,” said Ward.
The panel discussion, “Hard Hair: St. Martin Women and the Culture of Natural Hair,” is sponsored by the Philipsburg Jubilee Library, SOS radio, and Ital Shack.
The March 8 discussion is also a follow-up to last year’s hair workshop attended by over 200 persons,” said Ward. “That workshop was called ‘Natural Hair Mixology: How to make your own homemade hair products,’ and hosted by DBC at the 11th annual St. Martin Book Fair.”
Where I See The Sun … I see harvest
by Fabian Ade Badejo
Thirty-one years is a long time to wait for a new harvest of voices, but in many respects, Where I See The Sun – Contemporary Poetry in St. Martin – the second anthology of poetry to be published on the island within two generations, was quite worth the wait.
read on…St. Martin: ‘It’s a wrap’ and congrats to 14 HNP authors for a busy February
St. Martin (February 22, 2013)—February 2013 proved to be extra busy for authors published here by House of Nehesi Publishers (HNP). While in its 30th anniversary year, “HNP is happy to see what is for us an unprecedented crush of activities by at least 14 of our authors in just 28 days in the Caribbean, the USA, and Israel,” said HNP president Jacqueline Sample. Among the busy set of writers taking part in Black History Month celebrations and literary activities, in the shortest month of the year, were Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, Amiri Baraka, Dr. Jay B. Haviser, Fabian Adekunle Badejo, George Lamming, Marion Bethel, Joseph H. Lake, Jr., Drisana Deborah Jack, Daniella Jeffry, Robert Romney, Chiqui Vicioso, Kamau Brathwaite, Nidaa Khoury, and Lasana M. Sekou.
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At Eurotast Symposium, organizers, panelists, and authors (L-R),standing, Dr. Temi Odumosu, Shujah Reiph, Fabian A. Badejo, Joseph H. Lake, Jr., Dr. Jay Haviser; seated, Daniella Jeffry, Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, Lasana M. Sekou, Clara Reyes. Photo © CLF.
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“I congratulate the writers for keeping busy, which causes a demand for their writings and their appearances in their community and in various parts of the world. I also thank the book reviewers and bloggers, and the organizers of activities who invited our writers as guests authors and keynote speakers at conferences, literary readings, school visits, library exhibits, and media appearances this month,” said Sample. Baraka and Arrindell were the busiest with numerous speaking engagements. At the EUROTAST Symposium (2/8/13), five out of the seven “First Voice” panelists and the conference’s St. Martin principal, were all authors published by the small press that has managed to produce books by leading authors from throughout Caribbean, the USA, and the Middle East.
Committee launched for 165th anniversary of St. Martin Emancipation
Great Bay/Marigot (January 24, 2013)—A committee was recently launched to commemorate the 165th anniversary of the Emancipation from slavery in 1848 for both parts of St. Martin, said Shujah Reiph, president of Conscious Lyrics Foundation (CLF). The committee is made up of organizations and individuals that are involved in the cultural life of the island.
The year “2013 marks the 165th anniversary of St. Martin’s Emancipation, and we are inviting the people of St. Martin to celebrate the 1848 mark of freedom claimed by our ancestors and what it means to us today, with a number of events and activities,” said Reiph. The plans of the committee include the painting of a mural, an art exhibition, a commemorative calendar, hoisting of the Unity/National Flag, showing of the Alex Halley classic movie Roots, panel discussions, and a freedom concert.
The commemoration begins on February 1, at the start of the 22nd annual Black History Celebration (BHC) hosted by CLF, and is scheduled to conclude on January 1, 2014, the seventh day of Kwanzaa. The Emancipation committee consists of Dr. Rhoda Arrindell, Fabian A. Badejo, Theophilus Thompson, Shujah Reiph, Xiomara Balentina, Ras Bushman, and Morenika Arrindell.
St. Martin Book Fair on free speech
Great Bay, St. Martin (May 29, 2011) — The just-released program of the St. Martin Book Fair, June 2 – 4, is a mix of workshops, discussions, book launches, book sales, book signing by new and famous authors, and original literary readings, said book fair coordinator Shujah Reiph.
On Thursday, June 2, the ribbon cutting ceremony, which will honor the nation’s fishermen and declare the book fair open, will be preceded chiefly by an evening with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, making worldly comments and reading from his newest works, said Reiph. This opening ceremony takes place at the Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Spring Concordia, Marigot, at 8 PM. Admission is free and new books will be available.
The first highlight on Friday is the Presidents Forum at the University of St. Martin (USM), starting at 4 PM. The forum focuses on freedom of speech and expression in St. Martin relative to the work of the four speakers. The panelists include author and political scientist Joseph H. Lake, Jr. and Kaiso Brat, St. Martin Calypso King 2011. The new USM president, Annelies van den Assem, LL.M., will introduce the panel, said Reiph.
Books galore, authors around to sign them, “I’m just excited about all of this,” said Reiph, “but don’t miss the workshops for the entire family.” Among the Book Fair workshops on Saturday are: ‘The Great Salt Pond: Untangling the History of Salt in St. Martin” by Dr. Jay Haviser; A literacy workshop by Dr. Rene Baly for at-risk youth and their parents. The ‘Language in literature’ workshop by Dr. Rhoda Arrindell. Participants can bring their own poems and fictions to be critiqued in this creative writing workshop.
“Don’t miss the spiritually-based motivational workshop,” said Sample. It is entitled, ‘365 Secrets for a Healthy Mind, Body, and Spirit’ by author and former Essence editor Stephanie Stokes Oliver. The photography workshop will be conducted by by Drisana Deborah Jack. At the end of the day Mix Master Pauly will give a live DJ Workshop: ‘Mixing sound, A freedom of expression.’
Then comes the evening party to “step out” to. The book party for From Yvette’s Kitchen To Your Table – A Treasury of St. Martin’s Traditional & Contemporary Cuisine by Yvette Hyman will take place at Belair Community Center, Cay Hill, at 8 PM. Tourism director Regina LaBega is the guest speaker at the Closing Ceremony and Main Book Launch. Award-winning musician and kaisonian Mighty Dow, will perform on pan, and the Presidents Award will be presented at the end of the Saturday evening program, said Sample.
For more about the St. Maarten Book Fair program, visit www.houseofnehesipublish.com or http://www.houseofnehesipublish.com/book_fair2040.html.
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