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Caribbean Telecoms Ministers Expected at CANTO Confab in St. Martin
GREAT BAY, St. Martin (June 14, 2002) - Several Caribbean ministers of communications, trade and technology are expected to attend the 18th annual conference of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations (CANTO), which opens at the Maho...
Sekou’s “Rightful Heirs” translated into Dutch, published in new book in The Netherlands
ST. MARTIN (October 2001) — Uitgeverij Contact has recently released Tropentaal in The Netherlands, an ambitious book of prose literature edited by Aruba’s dedicated literary chronicler Wim Rutgers. The 637-page hardcover tome includes some 95 stories and fragments...
St. Martin’s Lasana M. Sekou performs poetry, and workshops in South Africa
ST. MARTIN (June 6, 2001) - St. Martin’s author Lasana M. Sekou returned home this week following a tour of poetry recitals and literature workshops in the South African cities of Durban and Johannesburg from May 28 to June 3, 2001. Sekou headlined the opening night...
Books and authors published in St. Martin are the main attraction on www.houseofnehesipublish.com
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...
Sekou’s performance gave audience “goose bumps”
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 laughter....
Lasana M. Sekou to perform riveting poetry on Saturday in honor of St. Martin’s unity flag
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: 8 PM....
George Lamming’s Coming Home published in Spanish; to be launched at Carifesta VII in St. Kitts-Nevis
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...
Brathwaite’s new book Words Need Love Too for launch at CARIFESTA “literary event” in St. Kitts
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...
Sekou recites at Rotterdam poetry festival
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...
Mighty Dow and Motiance perform at weekend book party
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 Philipsburg...
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