Beyond Calypso: Re-reading Sam Selvon, by Malachi McIntosh (ed.)

What We ' re Reading

Re-reading Silent Spring.

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(Re)Reading The Origin

Charles Darwin’s 1859 book On the Origin of Species is much referenced, especially in this double anniversary year. But, does anyone still read it? And, if so, what is the book itself like as a text? We have asked biologists from a range of fields — evolutionary biologists, but also geneticists, ecologists, paleontologists and molecular biologists — to re-read (or read) The Origin for Current B...

Re-reading Chalmers Johnson

Calypso: Effecting Conflict Transformation Through the Indigenous Calypso Art-Form

The calypso, which forms an integral part of the carnival celebrations of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a syncretic popular art-form that has its origin in Africa. The artform, having been influenced and adapted by the experiences of enslaved Africans in the Diaspora, has been fused in the vortex of plantation society. Today, the music of carnival has evolved considerably, with the ca...