A unique collection of selected poetry tracing the history and diverse cultures of Trinidad & Tobago plus the wider... More > Caribbean heritage. Many of these poems are included on the award winning spokenword CD:Y42K. First published in 2000, this edition is introduced by Dr Lauri Ramey and includes a commentary by Lennox Raphael. < Less

A unique collection of new poetry by this acclaimed Caribbean poet. He celebrates the life of his Great, Great Grand Mother:... More > Celina Lockhart.(circa 1800s). Born in colonial Trinidad during slavery,she was a devotee of the Orisha religion of the Yoruba peoples. Celina was a leading member at the historically famed RADA Yard community in Belmont,Port of Spain. Interestingly, this community spawned influences for the modern day Steel band, Carnival, Calypso and Soca Music for which Trinidad is now renowned. < Less

Selected commissioned poems from Birmingham's Poet Laureate (2001-2002), celebrating the diversity and culture of England's... More > second city. Includes an appreciation of the epic poem-"location:RE". These works have received international acclaim establishing Roi Kwabena as a new vibrant voice of Post-Colonial Literature in Britain. < Less

A JOURNAL FOR CULTURAL LITERACY
NO. 2/ VOL. 3-SUMMER-WINTER 2007
CONVERSATIONS: WORLD MUSIC ISSUE

This commemorative issue... More > is dedicated to Mother Earth and is supplemented with a sixteen page booklet on World Music to accompany an on offer complimentary compilation CD. Diverse interviews commentaries, essays apart from art, photography and poetry respond to dilemmas of modern life.

EDITOR- PUBLISHER: Roi Ankhkara Kwabena
GUEST EDITOR:Dr Mark Lockett

CONTRIBUTORS:, Ishmael Reed, Dr. Hakim Adi , Prof. Timothy Ball,Sharon Bowie, Marcine Quenzer , Donald Hinds, Min. Paul Scott, Lesley Ann Brown, Dr.Ulrich Warnke , Brian Mitchell, Lennox Raphael, Entiou Springer, Nanfuka Sekitto, Felene Cayetano, Enocia Joseph, Lars Kraemmer Patrick Githinji, Ahinee Mensah, Kokumo Noxid, Abysinnia Yohannes, Delia McKenzie, Efi Antoniou, Sahera Parveen, LeRoy Clarke, Omosun Sylvester, George Fowokan Kelly,and others < Less

Volume ONE

AMEXEM, AZTLAN, TURTLE & TA-MERI-KA are among the many names given to Empires of MUURS or Mound Builders... More > inhabiting North America in a period dated to: 10,000 B.C.E.(BEFORE CHRISTIAN ERA. First in a series providing vital evidence for the ongoing debate: "Who were the first Americans?". Dr. Roi Kwabena is a Caribbean born poet, cultural anthropologist and historian. < Less

"ORISHA SONGS FOR CELINA" is a unique collection of new poetry by this acclaimed Caribbean poet.
He celebrates the life of... More > his Great, Great Grand Mother: Celina Lockhart.(circa 1800s)

Born in colonial Trinidad during slavery,she was a devotee of the Orisha religion of the Yoruba peoples.

Celina was a leading member at the historically famed RADA Yard community in Belmont,Port of Spain.

Interestingly this community spawned influences for the modern day Steel band, Carnival, Calypso and Soca Music for which Trinidad is now renowned. < Less

"ORISHA SONGS FOR CELINA" is a unique collection of new poetry by this acclaimed Caribbean poet.
He celebrates the life of... More > his Great, Great Grand Mother: Celina Lockhart.(circa 1800s)

Born in colonial Trinidad during slavery,she was a devotee of the Orisha religion of the Yoruba peoples.

Celina was a leading member at the historically famed RADA Yard community in Belmont,Port of Spain.

Interestingly this community spawned influences for the modern day Steel band, Carnival, Calypso and Soca Music for which Trinidad is now renowned. < Less

A JOURNAL FOR CULTURAL LITERACY. WINTER 2006/ SPRING 2007 COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO ABOLISHED CHATTEL SLAVERY. This journal... More > specifically addresses issues relating to indigenous cultures and its impact on the post modern world. This special Issue includes many articles responding to the history and impact of the so-called gentleman's trade conducted from 1600 C.E. EDITOR-PUBLISHER:Roi Kwabena, CONTRIBUTORS: Lennox Raphael, Stewart Brown, Efi Antoniou, Nanfuka Sekitto, Mark Rockeymoore, Fowokan Kelly, Russell Goffe, Rabiyah Latif, Maximilian Forte, Tichaoma Chinyelu, LeRoy Clarke, Clarence Cole, Modibo Nsami,Ososan Urdeen, Patrick Githinji, Siobhan Lennon, Malcolm Dick, Mishu Barua, Raphael Chikukwa, Abysinnia Yohannes, Mustapha Matura, Sahera Parveen, South East Wales Race Equality Council & PACT. Contents: Essays,Interviews, News, poetry,other regular features including reviews, and paintings by international Artists. < Less

A JOURNAL FOR CULTURAL LITERACY. WINTER 2006/ SPRING 2007 COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO ABOLISHED CHATTEL SLAVERY. This journal... More > specifically addresses issues relating to indigenous cultures and its impact on the post modern world. This special Issue includes many articles responding to the history and impact of the so-called gentleman's trade conducted from 1600 C.E. EDITOR-PUBLISHER:Roi Kwabena, CONTRIBUTORS: Lennox Raphael, Stewart Brown, Efi Antoniou, Nanfuka Sekitto, Mark Rockeymoore, Fowokan Kelly, Russell Goffe, Rabiyah Latif, Maximilian Forte, Tichaoma Chinyelu, LeRoy Clarke, Clarence Cole, Modibo Nsami,Ososan Urdeen, Patrick Githinji, Siobhan Lennon, Malcolm Dick, Mishu Barua, Raphael Chikukwa, Abysinnia Yohannes, Mustapha Matura, Sahera Parveen, South East Wales Race Equality Council & PACT. Contents: Essays,Interviews, News, poetry,other regular features reviews and paintings by international Artists. < Less

A JOURNAL OF CULTURE,
COMMEMORATIVE EDITION -AFROETS PRESS 32ND ANNIVERSARY.This journal specifically addresses issues... More > relating to indigenous cultures and its impact on the post modern world. This Summer Spring Issue includes a bonus supplement dedicated to PANAFSTRAG.
EDITOR-PUBLISHER:Roi Kwabena,
GUEST EDITOR:Renèe Ballerini-Sigel
CONTRIBUTORS: Lennox Raphael, Cathy Perry, Nuru El, Dicho Ilunga, Munyaradzi Muzenda, Stewart Brown, Avelino Bambi, Efi Antoniou, Esuseeke Ololade, Milorad Krystanovch, Ras Jahaziel, Mardin Ibrahim, Ishola Williams, Kunijwok Kwawang, ADAMISSIMO, Writers Without Borders, PANAFSTRAG & Africa Speaks.
Contents:ART of Dialogue ,All Are Orphans, Obituaries, Ancient Grace, A Short Story- Hate to Forgiveness,WILL but forced,Africa Speaks ,News update, What they never tell, Children of the Dust, Dwight/Dwrong, other regular features and paintings by the Kenyan born Artist Patrick Wilson Githinji. < Less