item: #1 of 150 id: cquilt-19020 author: Gurprasad, Tiffany title: Remembering Our Leaders date: 2012-11-18 words: 158 flesch: 61 summary: 2010 Tiffany Gurprasad is a practicing artist and a Dean's List scholar at the University of Toronto majoring in Visual Studies and Caribbean Studies. In the diaspora, certain histories are excluded from our everyday life; this etching attempts to look at the process of remembering one's history. keywords: caribbean cache: cquilt-19020.pdf plain text: cquilt-19020.txt item: #2 of 150 id: cquilt-19038 author: Valcius, Leonika title: The Caribbean Diaspora and the Formation of Identity in Second Generation Immigrants date: 2012-11-18 words: 2583 flesch: 67 summary: Though Reis asserts that this “…has helped the diaspora maintain that level of connectivity with the homeland through the diffusion of cultural images” (Reis 2006, 49) I would say that the very fact that celebrations of Caribbean culture have become mainstreamed and commercialized undermines that project of passing on cultural values to second generation immigrants. Reis contends that “the region is actually composed of a plethora of diasporas,” making Caribbean immigrants living in the West “twice diasporised” - first from Africa (and other regions) to the islands of the Caribbean and then from the Caribbean to Europe and North America (Reis 2006, 46-47). keywords: caribbean; generation; haiti; identity; immigrants cache: cquilt-19038.pdf plain text: cquilt-19038.txt item: #3 of 150 id: cquilt-19039 author: Chatarpal, Mark title: Untitled date: 2012-11-18 words: 120 flesch: 79 summary: With a love for his home country Guyana and a strong belief in the teachings of political activists Cheddi Jagan and Dr. Walter Rodney, Mark has kept strong connections with his home, family and friends. 18 “Untitled” *** Mark Chatarpal is a student at the University of Toronto. keywords: mark cache: cquilt-19039.pdf plain text: cquilt-19039.txt item: #4 of 150 id: cquilt-19040 author: Hemingway, Kathleen title: Jean Rhys’s Wide Sargasso Sea and the Case of Post Colonial Haunting date: 2012-11-18 words: 2852 flesch: 59 summary: While in Jane Eyre Bertha’s death is as marginal as her existence, with the sole purpose of clearing the way for Jane’s and Rochester’s marriage, in Wide Sargasso Sea, death represents Antoinette’s salvation from her colonial relationship with Rochester. Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea “bears witness” (46), as Bhabha suggests, to the unequal cultural representation in Jane Eyre; it offers the radical revision of the narrative. keywords: past; postcolonial; rhys; rochester cache: cquilt-19040.pdf plain text: cquilt-19040.txt item: #5 of 150 id: cquilt-19041 author: Persaud, Savitri title: On the 32C(ulture) of Eglington date: 2012-11-18 words: 316 flesch: 48 summary: *** Bathurst Forest Hill Village Posh boutiques litter clean streets Bottega Bertalucci, Segal, Tilli Rose Chartreuse, saffron, carmine silks Of haute couture made for blue eyes alone Throngs of spas fester with the privileged Bissa, Chakra, Franco’s Nip, tuck, pluck sun-scorched skin Coloured hands knead white and wrinkled crocodile patches Sun ripened apricot mist veils The stench of burnt flesh Trophy wives in downward dog At the Village Yoga Not a love handle in sight Thank you Forest Hill Institute of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Luxury sedans choke narrow streets Mercedes, Porsche, Audi Gleam as daylight kisses candy cherry paint Foiegras tickles and tingles the tongue Hoodwinked by prices Bistro Grande, Fusian, Il Mulino keywords: eglinton; gender; streets cache: cquilt-19041.pdf plain text: cquilt-19041.txt item: #6 of 150 id: cquilt-19042 author: Williams, Tammy Ronique title: 5:30 in Negril date: 2012-11-18 words: 80 flesch: 64 summary: 30 “5:30 in Negril” *** Born in Moscow, Russia and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, Tammy Ronique Williams is a second year student at the University of Toronto, where she is pursuing an Honours Bachelor's Degree in English and Caribbean Studies, with a minor in Russian. At 5:30 in the evening, the colours of the day are swept to the westernmost end of the island Jamaica creating an array of (carefully) blended shades. keywords: jamaica cache: cquilt-19042.pdf plain text: cquilt-19042.txt item: #7 of 150 id: cquilt-19043 author: Deonarinesingh, Anastasia title: Climate Change and Caribbean Coral Reefs date: 2012-11-18 words: 6880 flesch: 61 summary: In these two countries, coral reef fishing has a much smaller economic impact when compared with Belize, ranging from US$0.7 million in Tobago and US$0.4 million in St. Lucia. Coral reef fishing is essential in providing jobs, adding cultural value and a social safety net in both locations25. keywords: activity; caribbean; change; climate; coral; fishing; hurricane; ibid; ibid page; levels; niño; page; reefs; region; sea cache: cquilt-19043.pdf plain text: cquilt-19043.txt item: #8 of 150 id: cquilt-19044 author: Gurprasad, Tiffany title: 63 Beach date: 2012-11-18 words: 120 flesch: 59 summary: We are usually confronted with images of the Caribbean which depict the area as sensual; where the water, sand and sky are usually crystal clear, luring potential tourists to take a break from their real lives. The foreground and background share an intrinsic correlation, contrasting the way in which Caribbean reality is juxtaposed to the tourist's ideal. keywords: caribbean cache: cquilt-19044.pdf plain text: cquilt-19044.txt item: #9 of 150 id: cquilt-19045 author: De Silva, Kevin title: Continuities in Capitalism: Exploitation of Indentured and Migrant Labour date: 2012-11-18 words: 3452 flesch: 48 summary: This paper will argue that indentured labour, though non- existent in the Caribbean today and less apparent in the rest of the world, continues structurally in the form of migrant labour. If indentured labour can be read as a cloaked “slavery,” then, as this paper has argued, migrant labour certainly can be read as a continuation of indentureship. keywords: caribbean; exploitation; indentureship; india; labour; migrant; period; university; workers cache: cquilt-19045.pdf plain text: cquilt-19045.txt item: #10 of 150 id: cquilt-19046 author: Williams, Tammy Ronique title: From the Ground Up date: 2012-11-18 words: 270 flesch: 65 summary: I want to feel it is okay to hang my head over the railing hair blowing in the wind to be able to open my eyes under the Caribbean waters without your whips suppression to run free forgetting years of shackles and bare-bottomed lashes I want for you to know that man cannot take or repress the undaunted spirit rattling like a snake quiet, but coursing inside of me A movement which will continue to thrive to be celebrated. Tammy Ronique Williams – FROM THE GROUND UP 67 “From the Ground Up” As a child, instinct never quite gave me the understanding I needed to know the difference but as I grew, I flourished with the wisdom of my forefathers. keywords: ground cache: cquilt-19046.pdf plain text: cquilt-19046.txt item: #11 of 150 id: cquilt-19047 author: Anderson, Jan title: Yuh Mad Man! Lying Letters: Speculations on the Catalysts of Male Madness in Caribbean Literature date: 2012-11-18 words: 270 flesch: 65 summary: I want to feel it is okay to hang my head over the railing hair blowing in the wind to be able to open my eyes under the Caribbean waters without your whips suppression to run free forgetting years of shackles and bare-bottomed lashes I want for you to know that man cannot take or repress the undaunted spirit rattling like a snake quiet, but coursing inside of me A movement which will continue to thrive to be celebrated. Tammy Ronique Williams – FROM THE GROUND UP 67 “From the Ground Up” As a child, instinct never quite gave me the understanding I needed to know the difference but as I grew, I flourished with the wisdom of my forefathers. keywords: ground cache: cquilt-19047.pdf plain text: cquilt-19047.txt item: #12 of 150 id: cquilt-19048 author: Bridgelal, Pooran title: Cocount Drive date: 2012-11-18 words: 86 flesch: 85 summary: Pooran Bridgelal was born and raised in Trinidad and now lives here in Toronto with his wife Judy and their son Levi. He is an avid collector of rare books and maps. keywords: coconut cache: cquilt-19048.pdf plain text: cquilt-19048.txt item: #13 of 150 id: cquilt-19049 author: Gurprasad, Tiffany title: Baseball as an Intersection of Popular Culture & North AMerican Exploitation in the Dominican Republic date: 2012-11-18 words: 3440 flesch: 49 summary: “1947 onwards marked racial integration in American baseball with players such as Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby opening up the field of organized baseball for Latin American players.” Sugar intensely captures the narrow, burdensome path baseball creates into the Western world for Dominican players, the struggle of adjusting to American culture and the ever- looming machine of the MLB that commodifies Latin American and Caribbean players.28 Accustomed to racially inclusive leagues in the Caribbean and Latin America, players who migrated to American baseball were largely unprepared for the level of discrimination and racism entrenched in American society. keywords: american; baseball; dominican; latin; north; players; republic cache: cquilt-19049.pdf plain text: cquilt-19049.txt item: #14 of 150 id: cquilt-19050 author: Rampersand, Ashti-Leah Mindy title: Hybrid 2 date: 2012-11-18 words: 200 flesch: 66 summary: Still to this day I am curious about understanding how and why diasporic groups manage to hang on tightly to certain customs from “back home,” and how they adapt to a “contemporary” society such as Canada. Like many customs, the significance and purpose of this sacred tradition has now been taken away by commercialism. keywords: canada cache: cquilt-19050.pdf plain text: cquilt-19050.txt item: #15 of 150 id: cquilt-19051 author: Connell, Robert title: The Maroon Communitarion Dilemma: Navigating the Intersices between Resistance and Collaboration date: 2012-11-18 words: 4197 flesch: 54 summary: Slave revolts and breakouts also swelled the ranks of the Maroons, particularly incorporating those ex-slaves who had the wherewithal and organizational skills to destroy their enslavers from within the plantation (Patterson, p.256). From all accounts the Windward Maroons (and even high ranking members of the Leeward Maroons) were disgusted by this treaty, but with Cudjoe tolerating no dissent in his own camp and threatening to ally with the British against the Windwards, Windward leader Quao had little choice but to sign a similar treaty (ibid., 274). keywords: campbell; communitarian; cudjoe; ibid; jamaica; maroons; resistance; slave; treaties; treaty; war cache: cquilt-19051.pdf plain text: cquilt-19051.txt item: #16 of 150 id: cquilt-19052 author: Rampersand, Ashti-Leah Mindy title: Torn 2 date: 2012-11-18 words: 179 flesch: 63 summary: My art maintains the traditional decorative flow of patterns, which is applied on canvas or wood, using a variety of materials such as sand, torn paper, tiles and acrylic paints; these materials represent the change and influence of the world in which we now live in. Mindy Rampersad I have seen changes throughout the course of time and how the use of mehndi has been taken out of its traditional context and now used in multiple forms. keywords: world cache: cquilt-19052.pdf plain text: cquilt-19052.txt item: #17 of 150 id: cquilt-19062 author: De Silva, Kevin title: Letter From the Editor date: 2012-11-18 words: 723 flesch: 52 summary: Because many young Caribbean scholars and students often find themselves isolated from one another, the enterprise of creating this journal was one in which we simultaneously hoped to develop and sustain linkages between very bright minds in the university, linkages which up until now have never existed. It is true that a tropical region such as the Caribbean is seldom thought of in relation to any type of blanket. keywords: caribbean; quilt cache: cquilt-19062.pdf plain text: cquilt-19062.txt item: #18 of 150 id: cquilt-19063 author: Executive, CARSSU title: About Us date: 2012-11-18 words: 215 flesch: 48 summary: ABOUT US The Caribbean Studies Student Union is comprised of every student enrolled in a Caribbean Studies course. CARSSU works closely with the Caribbean Studies department, its faculty and its professors to ensure that the program continues to grow and encourage critical thought. keywords: caribbean cache: cquilt-19063.pdf plain text: cquilt-19063.txt item: #19 of 150 id: cquilt-19293 author: Doyle, Connor title: Rastafarianism & Michael Manley date: 2013-01-25 words: 6345 flesch: 47 summary: The protests lacked an explicit racial motive or content, but nevertheless engaged matters of economic disparity redolent of Rastafari critiques. However, the campaign itself was also a novelty, perhaps most notably because of the People‟s National Party‟s self-conscious adoption of Rastafari symbolism and imagery. keywords: 1960‟s; class; colonial; government; jamaican; manley; manley‟s; marijuana; michael; movement; rastafari; rastafarians; reggae; society cache: cquilt-19293.pdf plain text: cquilt-19293.txt item: #20 of 150 id: cquilt-19295 author: Bridgelal, Pooran title: Appendix 1: Colonial Documents: Of Indentureship & Slavery date: 2013-01-25 words: 1953 flesch: 76 summary: Bashey Male Eliza Pratt Barbados 6/03/1830 Maria Female Caroline Tobago 6/19/1830 James Male Concord Trinidad Betsy Female James & Margaret St. Christopher “Imported” CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2012 220 Date Name of Slave Sex Vessel Exported to Feb/13/1830 Malvina Female Amelia Trinidad Feb/16/1830 Timothy Male Sir John Thomas Duckworth Trinidad Feb/16/1830 Alick Male Sir John Thomas Duckworth Trinidad Feb/18/1830 Lindo Male Isabella St. Christopher Feb/23/1830 Bob Male Robert Barbados Feb/23/1830 Desir Male Robert Barbados Mar/04/1830 Peter Male Pigwidgeon St.Vincent May/29/1830 Bashey Male Lady of the Isle St. Vincent June/18/1830 keywords: april; female; male; ship; trinidad cache: cquilt-19295.pdf plain text: cquilt-19295.txt item: #21 of 150 id: cquilt-19296 author: Chance, Liane title: Stay: Migration and the Caribbean date: 2013-01-25 words: 2752 flesch: 30 summary: The primary motive for Caribbean migration has been the intent to improve economic circumstances, therefore migration out of the region persists when the perception of opportunities abroad outweigh the real opportunities at home.1 Migration rates from the Caribbean remain high and are steadily rising which indicates that the crumbling economic and social structures which sustain such rates continue to degrade.2 As a result, Caribbean countries continue to experience the loss of highly skilled men and women to more industrialized parts of the world. The United Kingdom had been the traditional recipient of Caribbean migrants from 1948, but political shifts in Britain restricted Caribbean migration in the 1960s. keywords: caribbean; development; labour; lewis; migration; region; return cache: cquilt-19296.pdf plain text: cquilt-19296.txt item: #22 of 150 id: cquilt-19297 author: Chatarpal, Mark title: “Tears of My Heart” date: 2013-01-25 words: 149 flesch: 68 summary: With a love for his country Guyana, Mark has maintained strong connections with his home, family and friends. ..... 14 “Tears of My Heart” Mark Chatarpal Mark Chatarpal is currently studying at the University of Toronto. keywords: mark cache: cquilt-19297.pdf plain text: cquilt-19297.txt item: #23 of 150 id: cquilt-19298 author: Edmonds, Kevin; Panchang, Deepa; Fluerant, Marshall; Rattan, Rishi title: Stabilizing Haiti: Mission Accomplished? A Review of the work of MINUSTAH 2010-2011 date: 2013-01-25 words: 3196 flesch: -9 summary: By April, at the request of interim President Alexandre Boniface, the UNSC established the Mission des Nations Unies pour la stabilisation en Haiti (MINUSTAH), which included the deployment of 6,700 CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2012 50 soldiers. According to the standard of insecurity that is used to justify MINUSTAH’s continued presence, the levels of violence in several neighbouring Caribbean states (which are much higher than that of Haiti) could warrant international stabilization efforts in Jamaica, Trinidad and the US Virgin Islands (See Table). keywords: haitian; http://ijdh.org/projects/universal-periodic-review-upr http://ijdh.org/projects/universal-periodic-review-upr; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/27_05_08_savethechildren.pdf; http://www.chrgj.org/press/docs/haiti%20sexual%20violence%20march%202011.pdf http://www.chrgj.org/press/docs/haiti%20sexual%20violence%20march%202011.pdf; http://www.ijdh.org/haiti(english)(final).pdf; http://www.transafricaforum.org/files/haiti_report.pdf; http://www.un.org/news/dh/infocus/haiti/un-cholera-report-final.pdf http://www.un.org/news/dh/infocus/haiti/un-cholera-report-final.pdf; https://www.osac.gov/pages/contentreportdetails.aspx?cid=10560 https://www.osac.gov/pages/contentreportdetails.aspx?cid=10560; minustah; rights cache: cquilt-19298.pdf plain text: cquilt-19298.txt item: #24 of 150 id: cquilt-19299 author: Edwards, Duane title: Wilson Harris and Human Alienation date: 2013-01-25 words: 4197 flesch: 47 summary: Harris on the Alienation from Nature Wilson Harris deals with many topics in his writings, including alienation. The Harrisian solution to alienation encourages us to embrace an ethics of freedom and responsibility: In an extremely important sense all of Harris' fiction and his criticism since the closing years of the 1970's is an implicit DUANE EDWARDS | WILSON HARRIS AND HUMAN ALIENATION 9 challenge to each and all of his contemporaries, readers and writers alike, to shake off those crippling parochialisms, and to join him in exploring the increasingly indispensable cross- cultural imperatives of his new revolutionary, re-creative, global, vision.” keywords: alienation; consciousness; ego; freedom; harris; human; nature; self; wilson cache: cquilt-19299.pdf plain text: cquilt-19299.txt item: #25 of 150 id: cquilt-19300 author: Enberg, Susan G. title: Bombs, Land & Dignity: Annihilation, Genocide & Legal Recourse: Vieques, Puerto Rico date: 2013-01-25 words: 6675 flesch: -192 summary: ..... 124 Bombs, Land & Dignity: Annihilation, Genocide & Legal Recourse: Vieques, Puerto Rico Susan G. Enberg Susan Enberg is currently completing her third year at the University of Toronto. 2 Linda Backiel, “The People of Vieques, Puerto Rico vs. the United States Navy. keywords: http://bf4dv7zn3u.search.serialssolutions.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3aofi%2fenc%3autf-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=pentagon+finished+with+shad+test+vets&rft.jtitle=vfw%2c+veterans+of+foreign+wars+magazine&rft.au=tim+dyhouse&rft.date=2003-09-30&rft.issn=0161-8598&rft.volume=91&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=8&rft.externaldbid=gvfw&rft.externaldocid=485589301; http://ezproxy.qa.proquest.com/docview/200372207?accountid=14771; http://go.galegroup.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/ps/i.do?id=gale%7ca95598535&v+2.i&u=utoronto_main&it=r&p=grgm&sw=w http://go.galegroup.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/ps/i.do?id=gale%7ca95598535&v+2.i&u=utoronto_main&it=r&p=grgm&sw=w; http://www.defense.gov/; land; navy; puerto; puerto rico; rico; states; united; vieques cache: cquilt-19300.pdf plain text: cquilt-19300.txt item: #26 of 150 id: cquilt-19301 author: Fullerton, Leslie-Ann title: “The Anglo-Blackxons & Indo-Anglo-Saxons” date: 2013-01-25 words: 216 flesch: 72 summary: ..... 2 “The Anglo-Blackxons & Indo-Anglo-Saxons” Leslie-Ann Fullerton To all my fellow Anglo-Blackxons and Anglo-Indo-Saxons: We, who have been Stolen, Bribed, Beaten, Raped, and Bamboozled, We, who have been maliciously torn from our past like that of a tree from its roots, We, who have been educated with expensive Eurocentric values in Kindergarten Schools, Primary Schools, High Schools and Universities, We, who are now reproducing colonial values, norms, and beliefs; Beliefs alien to the message of our ancestors which run deep and rhythmic through our veins. We, who were forced to holla out a di top a wi lungs: “Gad Saav di Queen”! keywords: anglo cache: cquilt-19301.pdf plain text: cquilt-19301.txt item: #27 of 150 id: cquilt-19302 author: Galoustian, Naregh title: Paths to Decolonization in the French Caribbean: Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon date: 2013-01-25 words: 2841 flesch: 36 summary: It has been argued that French departmentalization as a path to decolonization appears more complex and rational than a mere unwillingness to gain political independence. The very struggle between reactionary conservatism and republican democracy that marked French political history since the Great Revolution until Vichy – a struggle which could be argued still exists today in the form of civic versus ethnic nationhood – was the dialogical opposition between the Creole elite and the centre‟s government, as well as between the elite and the local discriminated population. keywords: caribbean; césaire; decolonization; fanon; frantz; martinique; white cache: cquilt-19302.pdf plain text: cquilt-19302.txt item: #28 of 150 id: cquilt-19303 author: G’meiner, Anna Agosta title: The CARIBSAVE Partnership: Climate Change Impacts & Tourism date: 2013-01-25 words: 1956 flesch: 50 summary: This course is an opportunity for students with interests in the Caribbean region, climate change research, and the intersection of tourism, livelihoods and the environment to gain greater knowledge and understandings in these fields. Her areas of interest include the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean region, paleo- reconstruction of sea level changes, and effective policy implementation in SIDS. keywords: caribbean; caribsave; change; climate; region; tourism cache: cquilt-19303.pdf plain text: cquilt-19303.txt item: #29 of 150 id: cquilt-19304 author: Gurprasad, Tiffany title: “Metamorphoses” date: 2013-01-25 words: 173 flesch: 57 summary: ..... 15 “Metamorphoses” Tiffany Gurprasad Tiffany Gurprasad is a practicing artist and a Dean's List scholar at the University of Toronto, majoring in Visual Studies and Caribbean Studies. In 2010, Tiffany curated the group show Tracing Sources at the University of Toronto Art Centre. keywords: tiffany cache: cquilt-19304.pdf plain text: cquilt-19304.txt item: #30 of 150 id: cquilt-19305 author: Henriques, Cletus title: River’s Edge date: 2013-01-25 words: 53 flesch: 68 summary: 221 Cover art for main edition: C l et us Henriques (c. 1927-1976) River’s Edge 1968 Oil on board 94 x 109 cm National Collection of Art, Guyana Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House, Georgetown, Guyana Image Edited & Print - Kev i n De Silva , Ham ilton Choi keywords: art cache: cquilt-19305.pdf plain text: cquilt-19305.txt item: #31 of 150 id: cquilt-19306 author: Mahmood, Mahavish title: The Haitian Carnival & Rara: Avenues for Political & Religious Assertion by Haiti’s Poor date: 2013-01-25 words: 2604 flesch: 52 summary: He goes on to say that music both “creates” and “evokes” memories and that with political lyrics accompanying the music, the emotions attached to the message are sure to remain in mind.8 The powerful associations that music creates in hearts and minds greatly contribute to its function as a source for amplifying political thinking and sentiment. 10 Michael D. Largey, “Politics on the Pavement: Haitian Rara as a Traditionalizing Process,” The Journal of American Folklore 113, no. 449 (Summer, 2000): 242. 11 Largey, 246. 12 Largey, 247. keywords: carnival; haitian; music; power; rara cache: cquilt-19306.pdf plain text: cquilt-19306.txt item: #32 of 150 id: cquilt-19307 author: McFarlane, Chantal title: Maroon Societies: A Political Perspective date: 2013-01-25 words: 2773 flesch: 51 summary: 7 Alvin Thompson, Flight to Freedom, 211 CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2012 86 significance, which is that the very formation and survival of emerging Maroon societies was contingent on a particular political organization that embraced collective solidarity and defence.8 Barbara Kopytoff argues that the period of political formation before the first treaty between the Maroons and the Jamaican government may be viewed as the only point when the political institutions of Maroon societies were outside the influence of colonial rule.9 This period had the chiefs much more involved in maintaining order within the community. This essay will argue that Maroon societies acted as an entity of defiance against slave communities, even though intricate organizational structures had an atypical symbiotic relationship with them. keywords: communities; maroon; maroon societies; slave; societies cache: cquilt-19307.pdf plain text: cquilt-19307.txt item: #33 of 150 id: cquilt-19308 author: Msingwana, Kwanza title: Egungun (CUBA RITMO) date: 2013-01-25 words: 332 flesch: 61 summary: He has also performed with poets Reg E. Gaines (from New York), U of T alumnus Dr. Afua Cooper, and David Robeson – grandson of Paul Robeson. ..... 142 Egungun (CUBA RITMO) Kwanza Msingwana Kwanza Msingwana has traveled widely in Africa and the Caribbean. keywords: kwanza; msingwana cache: cquilt-19308.pdf plain text: cquilt-19308.txt item: #34 of 150 id: cquilt-19309 author: Musa, Khalid title: Circle of Interest date: 2013-01-25 words: 270 flesch: 50 summary: But when they left, they made sure that our economic state had crashed And here I thought I was gonna get severance before they passed Here comes the World Bank to make things fair With so much restriction, might as well give me the money and cut off my air No oxygen, we’re left in our own country like hostage-men Now we are here in the modern day Where you can C slavery in a modern way Where the islands are commodified to cater to tourist’s desires in everyway Where my counterpart N I are seen as racialized hypersexual objects Where our job is to please and serve outsiders like royal subjects Poverty is @ an all-time high, unemployment is @ an all-time high, and misery is @ an all-time high I’m left with my physical frame just to get by The question I have left to ask is how long will it take til Circle of Interest Khalid Musa I claim I’m not a poet but I can feel it in my bones I say I don’t carry pain but u can hear it in my tone First they enslaved us, then when we fought for change Our minimum wage was just change I’m from a land of poetry, literary, literally so don’t try to belittle me Hundreds of years have passed, independence at last keywords: time cache: cquilt-19309.pdf plain text: cquilt-19309.txt item: #35 of 150 id: cquilt-19310 author: Patel, Sharifa title: “The Blonde Woman’s Kitchen” date: 2013-01-25 words: 251 flesch: 81 summary: Where pink faced babies nuzzled up to the breasts of slave women. She is particularly interested in the historical effects of colonialism on women and how they persist today. keywords: woman cache: cquilt-19310.pdf plain text: cquilt-19310.txt item: #36 of 150 id: cquilt-19312 author: Williams, Tammy Ronique title: “On Affirmative Action” date: 2013-01-25 words: 381 flesch: 77 summary: ..... 82 “On Affirmative Action” Tammy Ronique Williams Born in Moscow Russia and raised in Kingston Jamaica, Tammy Ronique Williams is a third year student at the University of Toronto. I can’t promise to take you on wicked cool adventures through my ‘local’ mind portraying a Jamaica more exotic than I know! keywords: tammy cache: cquilt-19312.pdf plain text: cquilt-19312.txt item: #37 of 150 id: cquilt-19313 author: Williams, Tammy Ronique title: Tourism as a Neo-colonial Phenomenon: Examining the Works of Pattullo & Mullings date: 2013-01-25 words: 3275 flesch: 52 summary: In his book Behind the smile: The working lives of Caribbean tourism, George Gmelch suggests that tourism “reawakens memories of the colonial past and so perpetuates resentments and antagonisms.” Mullings in her article Caribbean tourism: trouble in paradise? keywords: caribbean; colonial; economic; hotel; islands; mullings; new; pattullo; tourism cache: cquilt-19313.pdf plain text: cquilt-19313.txt item: #38 of 150 id: cquilt-19314 author: Silberberg, Monica title: The Jamaican Bauxite Industry & Decolonization date: 2013-01-25 words: 5130 flesch: 39 summary: The people and government of Jamaica were not given a voice when England leased Jamaican bauxite land to MNCs from the United States and Canada. The examination of the positive economic and societal developments resulting from the presence of bauxite companies in Jamaica will be contrasted with a discussion of the negative economic and social implications caused by MNCs. keywords: alumina; bauxite; bauxite industry; caribbean; case; companies; government; industry; jamaica; mncs cache: cquilt-19314.pdf plain text: cquilt-19314.txt item: #39 of 150 id: cquilt-19315 author: Troup, Daniel title: Haiti and the False Promise of State Power date: 2013-01-25 words: 5197 flesch: 45 summary: This will be followed by an examination of the Haitian state in theoretical context, which will outline the impediments to future leftist governance in Haiti proposing the development of political strategies aside from the pursuit of state power. Such strategies are undoubtedly being pursued in Haiti on a smaller scale, and this paper argues that they are likely to be more efficacious than those grounded in the pursuit of state office. keywords: aristide; country; haiti; haitian; ibid; new; power; state; university; york cache: cquilt-19315.pdf plain text: cquilt-19315.txt item: #40 of 150 id: cquilt-19316 author: Zlotnik, Jessica title: Gender, Oppression & Resistance in Caribbean Slave Society date: 2013-01-25 words: 4728 flesch: 52 summary: Their financial independence meant that there was a greater tendency for them to participate in the market economy as autonomous agents giving them more freedom than their rural counterparts.11 Since powerful white men dominated the centre of the urban economy, many white women operated on the periphery as owners and managers of taverns, sex-houses, and slave rental services.12 While the urban economy provided white women with greater independence in a society based on patriarchal power, it could also work to further subjugate women of colour. In the early stages of slavery, poor white women experienced both class and gender discrimination but as slavery matured, the status of all white women was elevated above women of colour, regardless of class.9 It appears that white women sought autonomy through financial independence, but their success depended on where they resided. keywords: beckles; caribbean; press; slave; slave society; society; university; women cache: cquilt-19316.pdf plain text: cquilt-19316.txt item: #41 of 150 id: cquilt-19317 author: Arhurton, Jodi title: The Caribbean Studies Student Union date: 2013-01-25 words: 431 flesch: 53 summary: The Caribbean Studies Student Union is comprised of every student enrolled in a Caribbean Studies course. CARSSU works closely with the Caribbean Studies department, its faculty and its professors to ensure that the program continues to grow. keywords: caribbean; executive; studies cache: cquilt-19317.pdf plain text: cquilt-19317.txt item: #42 of 150 id: cquilt-19318 author: De Silva, Kevin; Chatarpal, Mark title: Preface date: 2013-01-25 words: 407 flesch: 60 summary: Editors, Kevin De Silva, Mark Chatarpal Moreover, many of the papers within this journal will be presented at this year‟s CERLAC Conference held at York University. keywords: university cache: cquilt-19318.pdf plain text: cquilt-19318.txt item: #43 of 150 id: cquilt-22582 author: Baker, Jesse title: Caribbean Studies Students’ Union Sponsors and Acknoweldgements date: 2015-04-14 words: 100 flesch: 18 summary: Caribbean Studies Students’ Union UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO NEW COLLEGE STUDENT CENTRE 40 WILLCOCKS STREET MAILBOX 343 TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 1C6 students.carssu@gmail.com CARIBBEAN QUILT - VOLUME III 2013 Sponsors: Caribbean Studies Students’ Union Caribbean Studies Program, New College Arts and Science Students Union ACKNOWELDGEMENTS We would like to dedicate this volume to our professors in the Caribbean Studies Department, especially Professor Trotz, Professor Itwaru and Professor Newton for their unwavering guidance and their unfailing support with every aspect of this journal -theirs are the shoulders we stand upon. We would also like to thank the Caribbean Studies Department for funding our project. keywords: studies cache: cquilt-22582.pdf plain text: cquilt-22582.txt item: #44 of 150 id: cquilt-22583 author: Baker, Jesse title: Table of Contents date: 2015-04-14 words: 282 flesch: 11 summary: The Seasonal Moral Contract: The Legitimization of the Abusive Treatment of Caribbean Workers in Ontario Cecilia Saez 33 Theories of Haitian Mobility and their Relationship to the Dominican Sugar Industry Juliana Ramirez 43 USA’s Crusade on the Haitian Black Pig Population & Its Toll on Haitian Peasantry and Agriculture Sarah Taluy 51 AIDS in Haiti: Situating the Incidence and Prevalence of AIDS in Structural Violence Samra Hasnain 64 Puerto Rico: The Pervasive Silence of Enslaved Women and The Dichotomy of White Woman as Property and Proprietor Chantal McFarlane 93 Pum Pum Rule Jamaican Dancehall: An Analytical Response to the Inability to Recognize Female Sovereignty in Dancehall Leslie Fullerton 100 Deconstructing Ideas of Violence and Homophobia in Jamaica Sharifa Patel 117 Insecurity in Security: National Security in the Context of Tourism And Domestic Sustainment in the Caribbean Melissa Sobers 129 The Dismantlement of the Netherlands Antilles: keywords: amber; williams cache: cquilt-22583.pdf plain text: cquilt-22583.txt item: #45 of 150 id: cquilt-22585 author: Williams-King, Amber title: catch a fyah date: 2015-04-15 words: 84 flesch: 26 summary: :::::: 2 “catch a fyah” Amber Williams-King historical propaganda stolen memoranda bloodied baptizer genocide disguiser violence infester silenced ancestor grave-yard ships drowning lips sunken voices phantom noises beaten drums timely hums roaring hunger swallowed thunder rebel armour sage and farmer maroon runnah badman gunnah AMBER WILLIAMS-KING| CATCH A FYAH 3 sistah sistah mistah mistah ghetto guerrilla slum-born Attila stone slinger sword swinger spirit fightah freedom writah hope ignitah spark a lightah son and daughtah blood and fyah set the world ablaze! keywords: fyah cache: cquilt-22585.pdf plain text: cquilt-22585.txt item: #46 of 150 id: cquilt-22586 author: Baker, Jesse title: Letter from the Editors date: 2015-04-15 words: 443 flesch: 52 summary: This journal began with the hope of facilitating a space, outside the classroom, where students could express their ideas as well as engage in discourses that they felt were important in regards to the Caribbean and its diaspora. It is with great pleasure that we present the 3rd edition of the Caribbean Quilt. keywords: caribbean cache: cquilt-22586.pdf plain text: cquilt-22586.txt item: #47 of 150 id: cquilt-22587 author: Edwards, Duane title: Guyana’s Ethnic Security Dilemma: Positing an Alternative Reading date: 2015-04-15 words: 4763 flesch: 54 summary: The call by Jagdeo was not necessarily to study Guyanese history which would entail (re- )reading history from various viewpoints. The Art of Memory and the Re-membering of History This prioritizing of history and historical experience lies at the heart of the conflict between Caribbean poeticism and historicism. keywords: africans; dev; guyana; guyanese; harris; history; indians; reality; security cache: cquilt-22587.pdf plain text: cquilt-22587.txt item: #48 of 150 id: cquilt-22588 author: Espaillat Lizardo, Monica title: Haiti and Cuba: Trans-Caribbean Conversations and Cross Border Movement date: 2015-04-15 words: 4759 flesch: 56 summary: MONICA ESPAILLAT LIZARDO| CUBA AND HAITI 21 Kreyòl library was opened in Havana, attesting to the huge impact Haiti and Haitians have made on Cuba.17 Cuba’s acceptance and elevation of Haitian culture within its own borders seems at odds with its earlier policies of population whitening. The violently relentless suppression of Vodou, both in Saint-Domingue and post-independence Haiti, has proved unsuccessful because of the decentralized nature of the religion and its history as an oral tradition. keywords: caribbean; claude; communism; cuba; culture; haiti; haitian; jean; music; press; university; vodou cache: cquilt-22588.pdf plain text: cquilt-22588.txt item: #49 of 150 id: cquilt-22589 author: Williams-King, Amber title: “Immigrant Skies” date: 2015-04-15 words: 136 flesch: 72 summary: Here, stars are all fallen knights imprisoned by street lamps and concrete walls, cocooned in expired posters and stale graffiti. :::::: 31 “immigrant skies” Amber Williams- King The sun never sets in this city. keywords: immigrant cache: cquilt-22589.pdf plain text: cquilt-22589.txt item: #50 of 150 id: cquilt-22590 author: Saez, Cecilia title: The Seasonal Moral Contract: The Legitimization of the Abusive Treatment of Caribbean Workers in Ontario date: 2015-04-15 words: 3101 flesch: 48 summary: Some of the historical and social factors that underlie the differences in the treatment of Canadian workers versus Caribbean workers in Canada will be explored. The rules that apply to foreign labour are in opposition to the laws erected to protect Canadian workers from exploitation and from physical and emotional distress. keywords: brem; canada; caribbean; faraday; labour; rights; workers cache: cquilt-22590.pdf plain text: cquilt-22590.txt item: #51 of 150 id: cquilt-22593 author: Ramirez, Juliana title: Theories of Haitian Mobility and their Relationship to the Dominican Sugar Industry date: 2015-04-15 words: 3091 flesch: 54 summary: Of these theories concerning migration in the Caribbean, which one best explains the mass migration of Haitians to the Dominican Republic in the early twentieth century? In this paper I will study the emergence and evolution of the Dominican sugar plantations—and their employment of migrant labor—in order to delineate the reasons that led to Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic. keywords: caribbean; dominican; haitian; labour; martínez; migration; republic; sugar cache: cquilt-22593.pdf plain text: cquilt-22593.txt item: #52 of 150 id: cquilt-22594 author: Taluy, Sarah title: USA’s Crusade on the Haitian Black Pig Population & its Toll on Haitian Peasantry and Agriculture date: 2015-04-15 words: 4773 flesch: 56 summary: As a result, poverty in rural Haiti has drastically intensified and consequently there has been an exodus from rural areas to the capital. 26 Farmer, 130 27 MacKenzie 28 Farmer, 130 29 Dubois, 325 30 Farmer, 130-1 CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2013 58 was to kill all of the pigs and as Laurent Dubois argued, this was perhaps the first time that the Haitian government efforts towards any policy aimed at rural Haiti was so successful because this brutal attack on the peasantry and its native pig had devastating effects in innumerable facets of Haitian life. keywords: asf; country; government; haiti; ibid; new; peasantry; pig; pigs; population; usa cache: cquilt-22594.pdf plain text: cquilt-22594.txt item: #53 of 150 id: cquilt-22595 author: Hasnain, Samra title: AIDS in Haiti: Situating the Incidence and Prevalence of AIDS in Structural Violence date: 2015-04-15 words: 3977 flesch: 48 summary: :::::: 64 AIDS in Haiti: Situating the Incidence and Prevalence of AIDS in Structural Violence Samra Hasnain In doing so, the aim of this paper is to analyze the link between structural violence and AIDS and address how these specific social forces have shaped the incidence and the prevalence of AIDS in Haiti. keywords: aids; caribbean; farmer; gender; haiti; haitian; hiv; risk cache: cquilt-22595.pdf plain text: cquilt-22595.txt item: #54 of 150 id: cquilt-22596 author: Enberg, Susan G. title: Puerto Rico: Sterile Breeding Grounds for Coercion and Uniformed Consent date: 2015-04-15 words: 5224 flesch: 36 summary: ”It is without being confuted that the degenerate blood of the country is controlled largely by the number of degenerate women; that in the lower strains of humanity the degenerate women reproduce to full natural capacity…” -Harry H. Laughlin, Eugenical Sterilization in the United States (pp. 440-441) Puerto Rican women have consistently constituted the highest prevalence of sterilized women in the world.1 Many scholars question whether or not a negative eugenics campaign has been waged on the island by U.S. and Puerto Rican biomedical researchers, scientists, and public health officials in order to reduce and even potentially eliminate the Puerto Rican population,2 a 1 Bonnie Mass, “Puerto Rico: A Case Study of Population Control,” Latin American Perspectives, Issue 15, Vol. IV, No. 4 (Fall 1977):78. A great number of Puerto Rican women had been sterilized to serve the needs of industry in Puerto Rico, and their wombs too were now bereft. keywords: american; control; latin; population; puerto; puerto rico; rico; sterilization; u.s; vol; women cache: cquilt-22596.pdf plain text: cquilt-22596.txt item: #55 of 150 id: cquilt-22597 author: Williams-King, Amber title: YARA date: 2015-04-15 words: 12 flesch: 66 summary: :::::: 90 Amber Williams-King YARA : 11x14, acrylic and oil marker on canvas keywords: amber cache: cquilt-22597.pdf plain text: cquilt-22597.txt item: #56 of 150 id: cquilt-22598 author: Williams-King, Amber title: TAMSIN & TIA date: 2015-04-15 words: 14 flesch: 59 summary: AMBER WILLIAMS-KING ART 91 TAMSIN & TIA: 18x24, acrylic and gold marker on canvas keywords: amber cache: cquilt-22598.pdf plain text: cquilt-22598.txt item: #57 of 150 id: cquilt-22616 author: Williams-King, Amber title: SIENNA date: 2015-04-29 words: 14 flesch: 65 summary: CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2013 92 SIENNA: 11X14, acrylic and oil marker on canvas panel keywords: caribbean cache: cquilt-22616.pdf plain text: cquilt-22616.txt item: #58 of 150 id: cquilt-22617 author: McFarlane, Chantal title: The Pervasive Silence of Enslaved Woman and the Dichotomy of White Woman as Property and Proprietor date: 2015-04-29 words: 2491 flesch: 58 summary: The need to keep one’s property beyond everything else is shown in Property which takes away from the mutuality of kinship between black women and white women, as it is Manon who has Sarah hunted to bring her back to slavery. Mair states that white women existed at two levels that of the “delicate beings, requiring masculine protection and as good creatures ... keywords: manon; property; sarah; slavery; women cache: cquilt-22617.pdf plain text: cquilt-22617.txt item: #59 of 150 id: cquilt-22618 author: Fullerton, Leslie-Ann title: Pum Pum Rule Jamaican Dance: An Analytic Response to the Inability to Recognize Female Sovereignty in Dancehall date: 2015-04-29 words: 5695 flesch: 60 summary: If this is not possible, I will be satisfied writing about women in Jamaican dancehall.” Perhaps if there were a departure from the practice of measuring dancehall women and their willingness to sexually express themselves in reference to European women, then the point of contention would become less rigid. keywords: dancehall; fashion; female; jamaican; lady; people; pum; queen; saw; stolzoff; tanya; town; women; yuh cache: cquilt-22618.pdf plain text: cquilt-22618.txt item: #60 of 150 id: cquilt-22619 author: Patel, Sharifa title: Deconstructing Ideas of Violence and Homophobia in Jamaica by Sharifa Patel date: 2015-04-29 words: 3852 flesch: 47 summary: Vulnerable bodies have indeed become the sight for political violence, but further research is required to truly deconstruct this problem as it relates to Jamaica’s history and Jamaica’s place in the global economy. :::::: 117 Deconstructing Ideas of Violence and Homophobia in Jamaica Sharifa Patel Sharifa Patel is currently a graduate student at McMaster University, pursuing her Masters in Gender Studies and Feminist Research. keywords: bodies; caribbean; colonial; dancehall; government; homophobic; jamaica; violence cache: cquilt-22619.pdf plain text: cquilt-22619.txt item: #61 of 150 id: cquilt-22620 author: Sobers, Melissa title: Insecurity in Security: National Security in the Context of Tourism and Domestic Sustainment in the Caribbean date: 2015-04-29 words: 4765 flesch: 45 summary: The limited amount of resources available to Caribbean security forces is another major roadblock for making the region a safer place. With all the aforementioned institutionalized measures put in place for tourist protection, one may be surprised at the fact that no such centralization or effectiveness exists when it comes to security measures for the majority of the national body in the CARIBBEAN QUILT | 2013 134 Caribbean region. keywords: bowling; caribbean; countries; crime; officers; police; region; security; tourism; tourists cache: cquilt-22620.pdf plain text: cquilt-22620.txt item: #62 of 150 id: cquilt-22621 author: Baker, Cameron Wathey title: The Dismantlement of the Netherlands Antilles: How Autonomy is More Viable than Independence date: 2015-04-29 words: 4215 flesch: 48 summary: The Dutch were obligated to guarantee good governance while at the same time granted the local government the responsibility of overseeing local affairs.21 The Netherlands, therefore, believed that they needed to remove themselves from future obligations by dismantling the Netherlands Antilles.22 For the Netherlands Antilles political independence was synonymous with economic decline. The Charter was designed to grant Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles the rights to self-government while also remain part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.14 The Charter defined foreign affairs, defense, citizenship, and safeguarding proper governmental administration as matters of interest that would be governed by the Kingdom.15 With final authority over these affairs, the Netherlands believed that they were ensuring good governance and fundamental human rights in the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam.16 Paul Sutton lists that good governance is recognized as having a “broad range of concerns focused on open, transparent and accountable government; efficient, effective and responsive administration; and respect for human rights and law.”17 keywords: aruba; caribbean; dutch; islands; kingdom; netherlands; netherlands antilles cache: cquilt-22621.pdf plain text: cquilt-22621.txt item: #63 of 150 id: cquilt-22622 author: Brown, Raquel title: From Democratic Socialism to a Neoliberal Agenda: A Jamaican Case Study date: 2015-04-29 words: 6349 flesch: 59 summary: Days after this meeting Manley announced his support for the Cuban presence in Angola, this resulted in US economic aid being embargoed for the rest of the Ford administration’s term (Payne, 1994). As a general principle, democratic governments must be able to serve the needs of the people. keywords: government; imf; jamaica; jlp; manley; payne; people; pnp; policy; seaga; socialism; time cache: cquilt-22622.pdf plain text: cquilt-22622.txt item: #64 of 150 id: cquilt-22623 author: McCarthy, Thomas title: Extraction, Exploitation and Degradation: A Brief Environmental History of Western Investment in Jamaica date: 2015-04-29 words: 4939 flesch: 49 summary: As Jerome plainly states, “Small, ecologically fragile islands have restructured their colonial export staple economies towards 24 Thomas J. Goreau, “Coral Reef Protection in Western Jamaica,” Protecting Jamaica's Coral Reefs: Water Quality Issues, 1992, 39-65. 25 Polly Pattullo, Last Resorts: the Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean, (London, Latin America Bureau, 2005),130. But beyond denuding large tracts of rural Jamaica, the processing of the bauxite ore produces much pollution. keywords: beckford; caribbean; century; development; economy; exploitation; jamaica; land; people; production; tourism; witter cache: cquilt-22623.pdf plain text: cquilt-22623.txt item: #65 of 150 id: cquilt-22624 author: Chatarpal, Mark title: Monsanto and Caribbean Agricultural Politics date: 2015-04-29 words: 9325 flesch: 61 summary: In short, once farmers began planting GM seeds, whatever alternative crops existed before were destroyed once they pollinated with Monsanto seeds. In this context the term farmers, encompass the vast majority of Indian men and women who were coerced into abandoning their intergenerational crops for Monsanto GM seeds. keywords: agricultural; april; caribbean; chatarpal; company; corp; farmers; food; global; guyana; mark; monsanto; rice; seeds; south; u.s; world cache: cquilt-22624.pdf plain text: cquilt-22624.txt item: #66 of 150 id: cquilt-22625 author: Williams-King, Amber title: “REQUIEM” date: 2015-04-29 words: 38 flesch: 82 summary: :::::: 216 “Requiem” Amber Williams-King (in haiku) I From grave ships they leap Black diamonds with glassy eyes Ghosts beneath the sea II Pulled by the moon’s song Spirits dance on swaying tides Bodies dip, ebb rise keywords: rise cache: cquilt-22625.pdf plain text: cquilt-22625.txt item: #67 of 150 id: cquilt-22626 author: Mavalvala, Nasha title: As the Snow Melts before the Sunbeam: Writing the “Inevitable” Extinction of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas date: 2015-04-29 words: 3296 flesch: 52 summary: Maximilian Forte asserts that “Indigenous peoples have been ever vanishing, almost as if disappearance was their predetermined historical role” (Forte, 1). This paper will speak to the various techniques of erasure that have historically served to remove indigenous peoples from their lands and detach them from their cultures. keywords: american; caribbean; caribs; extinction; forte; indigenous; peoples cache: cquilt-22626.pdf plain text: cquilt-22626.txt item: #68 of 150 id: cquilt-22627 author: Williams, Tammy title: Collage: Cuba and Jamaica date: 2015-04-29 words: 117 flesch: 68 summary: 227 :::::: Tammy Ronique Williams Born in Moscow Russia and raised in Kingston Jamaica, Tammy Ronique Williams is a third year student at the University of Toronto. * “Breadfruit Stand” (Bluefields, Westmoreland Jamaica) “Cine Payret” (Havana, Cuba) * keywords: cuba cache: cquilt-22627.pdf plain text: cquilt-22627.txt item: #69 of 150 id: cquilt-22628 author: Williams, Tammy; Hasnain, Samra title: Cover art for Main Edition date: 2015-04-29 words: 13 flesch: 57 summary: 228 Cover art for main edition Photographer: Tammy Williams Image Edited: Samra Hasnain keywords: hasnain cache: cquilt-22628.pdf plain text: cquilt-22628.txt item: #70 of 150 id: cquilt-22629 author: Executive Team, 2013-2014 title: Executive Team 2013-2014 date: 2015-04-29 words: 189 flesch: 50 summary: :::::: 229 The Caribbean Studies Student Union is comprised of every student enrolled in a Caribbean Studies course. CARSSU works closely with the Caribbean Studies department, its faculty and its professors to ensure that the program continues to grow. keywords: caribbean cache: cquilt-22629.pdf plain text: cquilt-22629.txt item: #71 of 150 id: cquilt-34365 author: Abdel-Shehid, Malek title: A Home in Disorder is not a Home: Examining Race in Trinidad and Tobago date: 2020-05-19 words: 3244 flesch: 44 summary: Although modern Trinidad and Tobago prides itself on being a worldly and diverse country, the tendency of all groups to vie for representation and influence inevitably leads to division. African enslaved peoples were brought to Trinidad largely in the early nineteenth century (Morgan 249). keywords: afro; caribbean; groups; people; tobago; trinidad; trinidadians cache: cquilt-34365.pdf plain text: cquilt-34365.txt item: #72 of 150 id: cquilt-34367 author: Abdel-Shehid, Malek title: From Trinidad and Tobago to the World: Determining the role of Calypso in a new Era date: 2020-05-19 words: 2415 flesch: 52 summary: Regional integration across the British West Indies, albeit short-lived as the West Indies Federation (1958- 1962), or WIF, showed Caribbean people that unity was possible. Perhaps a seemingly apolitical decision, this collaboration demonstrates mutual admiration and reminds Caribbean people that their differences are not significant. keywords: calypso; calypsonians; caribbean; genre; people; region; trinidad cache: cquilt-34367.pdf plain text: cquilt-34367.txt item: #73 of 150 id: cquilt-34368 author: Allens, David title: Conceptions of Race Beyond North America: The Subversion of the Colonial Racial Contract in The Bahamas date: 2020-05-19 words: 2983 flesch: 45 summary: In applying Barth’s framework, modern Bahamian identity has developed—and is largely understood—in comparison to a Haitian ‘other.' By aligning themselves with the general colonial archetype, most British settlers and officials held the racial prejudices of Bahamian whites and saw non-whites as child- like, dependent, [and] irresponsible loafers in the sun(Kiernan 201). keywords: bahamas; bahamian; colonial; contract; haitians; identity; race; racial cache: cquilt-34368.pdf plain text: cquilt-34368.txt item: #74 of 150 id: cquilt-34370 author: Allens, David title: Dependency, White Privilege, and Transnational Hegemonic Reconfiguration: Investigating Systems of Power and Identity Privilege in The Bahamas date: 2020-05-19 words: 2385 flesch: 36 summary: U.S. hegemonic force would continue to assert its political influence. This paper suggests that despite independence, The Bahamas remains subjected to the dependent role under a system of white privilege resulting from colonial agreements made with the United States, multi-national agencies, and regulatory bodies that enforce a hegemonic reconstruction of influence. keywords: american; bahamas; identity; privilege; racial; u.s; white cache: cquilt-34370.pdf plain text: cquilt-34370.txt item: #75 of 150 id: cquilt-34371 author: Andrade-Dixon, Octavia title: Indigeneity and Blackness: Partners in the Struggles of Settler-Colonialism date: 2020-05-19 words: 2306 flesch: 48 summary: Through the Indian Act, Indigenous women had to be married to Indigenous men for their children to maintain status. Under this protocol, Indigenous women with an Indigenous mother and non-status father became 6(2)s, the lower-status denomination. keywords: colonial; community; marriage; queer; status; women cache: cquilt-34371.pdf plain text: cquilt-34371.txt item: #76 of 150 id: cquilt-34373 author: Andrade-Dixon, Octavia title: Racialized Emotional Labour: The Weight of Blackness in White Spaces date: 2020-05-19 words: 2556 flesch: 58 summary: Within the American context, Black women were forced to join the labour economy immediately after the abolition of slavery. Black women were often exempt from the notion that women belonged at home because of their racialised identities (Glenn 95). keywords: club; janitorial; labour; women; work cache: cquilt-34373.pdf plain text: cquilt-34373.txt item: #77 of 150 id: cquilt-34375 author: Bicknell-Hersco, Prilly title: Reparations in the Caribbean and Diaspora date: 2020-05-19 words: 3644 flesch: 48 summary: The justification and political theory addressing reparations for past injustices upon present ancestors of Caribbean slaves have encountered both positive and negative feedback. It has been argued that there is a real and present need for an acknowledgment of the significance of the legacy that transatlantic slave trade left behind. keywords: caribbean; caricom; people; region; reparations; slavery; today; trade cache: cquilt-34375.pdf plain text: cquilt-34375.txt item: #78 of 150 id: cquilt-34377 author: Brown, Kahlia title: A Brief History of Race, Politics and Division in Trinidad and Guyana date: 2020-05-19 words: 4448 flesch: 63 summary: James, who was a very outspoken supporter of the Federation, encouraged nationalism instead, to consider the West Indians as a whole rather than East Indian-West Indians. Indians went out of their way to support other Indians within their respective country of residence but could not adopt the idea of united nationalism, because this would include the Africans. keywords: africans; caribbean; guyana; indians; party; people; politics; tobago; trinidad cache: cquilt-34377.pdf plain text: cquilt-34377.txt item: #79 of 150 id: cquilt-34378 author: McCausland, Julie Ann title: Racial Capitalism, Slavery, Labour Regimes and Exploitation in the Canadian Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program date: 2020-05-19 words: 3406 flesch: 47 summary: A transnational approach to viewing the issues affecting migrant farm workers allows for a global perspective. To provide for themselves and their families, migrant farm workers were forced to painfully separate from their families and their communities for months every year and to lead temporary, transnational lives. keywords: canada; countries; farm; labour; migrant; sawp; workers cache: cquilt-34378.pdf plain text: cquilt-34378.txt item: #80 of 150 id: cquilt-34379 author: Sheptenko, Mollie title: The Dynamic Character Impressions Regarding the Life and Person of Thomas “Indian Warner” date: 2020-05-19 words: 1928 flesch: 48 summary: After the death of his father, Thomas “Indian” Warner suffered at the hands of his stepmother on the island of his birth, Antigua (Hulme and Mollie Sheptenko The Life and Person of Indian Warner 63 Whitehead 95; Dampier 90). The overwhelming sentiment to acquit Colonel Philip Warner after he had murdered his own half- brother (who had been labeled “a slave”, not a son of Sir Thomas Warner), coupled with the English Secretary of State’s plea to “seek justice for ‘Indian’ Warner” so as not to tarnish the image of the British in the eyes of the indigenous Kalinago peoples exhibit the utter self- centeredness colonizing nations and their great abuse of an individual’s ethnic hybridity. keywords: english; indian; island; warner cache: cquilt-34379.pdf plain text: cquilt-34379.txt item: #81 of 150 id: cquilt-34381 author: Uwase, Sabrina title: Debt and Destruction: The Global Abuse of Haiti and Unbalancing the Myth of Benevolent Canada date: 2020-05-19 words: 2473 flesch: 50 summary: 66 Debt and Destruction: The Global Abuse of Haiti and Unbalancing the Myth of Benevolent Canada Sabrina Uwase An integral responsibility of nation-states is to provide protection and the means for attaining a fulfilling life to those it governs. From its inception, Haiti has been the source of inspiration for various slave rebellions while simultaneously sparking the first embers for the global fight for Black liberation. keywords: america; caribbean; debt; haiti; latin; state cache: cquilt-34381.pdf plain text: cquilt-34381.txt item: #82 of 150 id: cquilt-34383 author: Williams, Adriana title: The Validity of Patois: An analysis on the Linguistic and Cultural aspects of Jamaican Patois date: 2020-05-19 words: 1721 flesch: 63 summary: An example of Jamaican literature that utilized Patois was written by Louise Bennett-Coverley, better known as Miss Lou. The purpose of this essay is to debunk the dated Eurocentric notions that dismiss the significance of Jamaican Patois and to argue the validity of the language. keywords: caribbean; jamaican; language; patois cache: cquilt-34383.pdf plain text: cquilt-34383.txt item: #83 of 150 id: cquilt-34384 author: Adeliyi, Wendy title: Caribbean Visual Arts, Social Media and Performance date: 2020-05-19 words: 1107 flesch: 57 summary: The photographic installation created by María Magdalena Campos-Pons in De las dos Aguas (Between Two Waters), Campos-Pons takes the viewer on a historical journey of the two bodies of ocean water that separate Africa and the Americas. The artist chooses women to be dominant in this photo and over the ocean and men. keywords: africa; caribbean; world cache: cquilt-34384.pdf plain text: cquilt-34384.txt item: #84 of 150 id: cquilt-34385 author: McCausland, Julie Ann title: Who is Claudia Jones? date: 2020-05-19 words: 3075 flesch: 49 summary: We still exist in a white hegemonic world where Caribbean women and, by extension, Black women and girls are devalued. She was later released on $1000 bail and threatened with deportation to her native country of Trinidad if she did not modify her persistent stand against exploitation and the oppression of Black women in the United States (Boyce Davies xxiv). keywords: boyce; boyce davies; claudia; davies; jones; women; xxiv cache: cquilt-34385.pdf plain text: cquilt-34385.txt item: #85 of 150 id: cquilt-34436 author: Rodriguez, Nestor title: Statement from the Director date: 2020-05-29 words: 4 flesch: 75 summary: FRONT MATTER with bios.pdf keywords: bios.pdf cache: cquilt-34436.pdf plain text: cquilt-34436.txt item: #86 of 150 id: cquilt-34437 author: Edmonds, Kevin title: Statement from the Faculty Advisor date: 2020-05-29 words: 4 flesch: 75 summary: FRONT MATTER with bios.pdf keywords: bios.pdf cache: cquilt-34437.pdf plain text: cquilt-34437.txt item: #87 of 150 id: cquilt-34438 author: Mehary, Yohanna; Allens, David title: Statement from the Caribbean Studies Student Union date: 2020-05-29 words: 4 flesch: 75 summary: FRONT MATTER with bios.pdf keywords: bios.pdf cache: cquilt-34438.pdf plain text: cquilt-34438.txt item: #88 of 150 id: cquilt-34439 author: Mungalsingh, Megan title: Cover Artist Biography and Artwork Description date: 2020-05-29 words: 4 flesch: 75 summary: FRONT MATTER with bios.pdf keywords: bios.pdf cache: cquilt-34439.pdf plain text: cquilt-34439.txt item: #89 of 150 id: cquilt-34440 author: Edmonds, Kevin title: Contributor Biographies date: 2020-05-29 words: 4 flesch: 75 summary: FRONT MATTER with bios.pdf keywords: bios.pdf cache: cquilt-34440.pdf plain text: cquilt-34440.txt item: #90 of 150 id: cquilt-35960 author: Haile, Shenhat title: Investigating Discourses of Indigeneity and Taino Survival in Jamaica date: 2022-02-23 words: 3767 flesch: 39 summary: Neeganagwedgin, 383 32 33 34 31 29 28 26 30 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 (January 20, 2022 / 08:53:05) 122815-1b_CaribbeanQuilt_Vol6_rev.pdf .31 32 survival, but rather to continue challenging and disputing historical materials that have written Jamaica Taíno’s out of existence entirely. This paper seeks to investigate complex conceptualizations of indigeneity on the island and explore the ways in which the myth of extinction has persisted into the post-colonial period, along with the challenges related to the reconstruction of Taíno histories in Jamaica. keywords: caribbean; histories; ibid; island; jamaica; maroon; survival; taíno cache: cquilt-35960.pdf plain text: cquilt-35960.txt item: #91 of 150 id: cquilt-35962 author: Faria, Lucia title: The Power & Limits of Language: Linguistic Reclamation as a Driver of Taíno Identity in Borikén date: 2022-03-23 words: 4774 flesch: 28 summary: 122864-1b_CaribbeanQuilt_Vol7_rev.pdf .13 14 ���)HOLFLDQRဨ6DQWRV��6KHULQD��³+RZ�'R�