by oes_news | Oct 8, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (October 8, 2000) – The House of Nehesi Publishers Foundation just completed the first update of its website, www.houseofnehesipublish.com. The site was launched quietly earlier this year and highlights the foundation’s full line of books and the world...
by oes_news | Oct 1, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (October 1, 2000) – He arrived on the back of a horn-blowing pick-up truck to a Jubilee Library hall fully seated with guests. “Thanks for the lift! We reach!” shouted the poet Lasana M. Sekou, jumping off the pick-up and staggering in a burst of...
by oes_news | Sep 28, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (September 28, 2000) – On Saturday, September 30, the weekend cultural venue will be at the Philipsburg Jubilee Library to experience the always unexpected from poet Lasana M. Sekou. The solo performance is called “Big Up St. Martin.” Show time:...
by oes_news | Sep 3, 2000 | News 2000
ST. MARTIN (September, 2000)–George Lamming’s Regreso, regreso al hogar: Conversaciones II, the first Spanish edition of his critically acclaimed book Coming, Coming Home — Conversations II (1995) was just published here in August by House of Nehesi Publishers. The...
by oes_news | Aug 20, 2000 | News 2000
ST. MARTIN (August 20, 2000) – Words Need Love Too, the long-awaited book of poems by Kamau Brathwaite, the distinguished Caribbean poet, historian and literary critic, was just released here by House of Nehesi Publishers. In Words Need Love Too, Brathwaite makes us...
by oes_news | Jun 29, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (June 29, 2000)–Dutch newspapers recently cited the energetic recital of Lasana M. Sekou at the June 17 opening of the 31st Poetry International Festival (PIF) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Immigration, independence for St. Martin, and Caribbean culture...
by oes_news | Jun 1, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (June 1, 2000) — Star musician Mighty Dow and the always-appealing Motiance dancers will perform at the launch of The Republic of St. Martin, the new book by Joseph H. Lake, Jr. The book party is set for Saturday, June 3, 2000 at 8 PM, at the...
by oes_news | May 29, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (May 29 2000) — Government leader Sarah Wescott-Williams is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Saturday, June 3 book party for The Republic of St. Martin by Joseph H. Lake, Jr., 8 PM at the Jubilee Library. “We are confident that...
by oes_news | May 23, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (May 23, 2000) — It looks like the Brown Pelican, St. Martin’s national bird, is flourishing in the Great Salt Pond again. “Over the last few weeks more than the usual number of folks repeatedly drew my attention to the large number of...
by oes_news | May 21, 2000 | News 2000
GREAT BAY (May 21, 2000) — Newspaper publisher and political scientist Joseph H. Lake, Jr.’s first book, The Republic of St. Martin, is scheduled for release here in early June 2000, says Jacqueline Sample, president of House of Nehesi, the book’s...
