The dictionary is a mine of information about the Caribbean and its dialects, about the history of English and its dialects, and about Creole languages and general linguistic processes.Entries give th
A teacher and writer of mathematics, John Taylor (1664-after 1701) is rare for having spent time in Jamaica then returning alive to England. He left an account of his Caribbean experience that provide
Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality is a collection of articles written over many years that explores the common themes of race and class in the Caribbean and the attempt to overcome social domination.
St. Aubyn Gosse (history, University of the West Indies, Jamaica) explores early 19th century plantation management in Jamaica within the larger context of ameliorative reforms leading up to the final
Warner-Lewis (emerita English, U. of the West Indies, Jamaica) presents one of the few Caribbean slave narratives to have been recovered so far. The story of Aniaso, an Igbo boy from West Africa tells
The late Wycliffe Bennett (1922-2009), widely regarded as the godfather of the Jamaican theatre in the second half of the twentieth century, brings all his experience and insight to this last, formida
Historians, fiction writers, diplomats, film makers, social scientists, among others give voice to the Caribbean island that is so often seen as the embodiment of victim--of hurricane, revolution, inv
The Spiritual Baptist Church, though to be present in the English-speaking Caribbean from about the late nineteenth century, has long been a fairly potent force in the daily life of the islanders, alt
