Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe October 24, 2022 PART IV I began this series with the truism that the little people who come out of the cane fields and the rice paddies are the salt of the society. They are the ones who do what they must do to enhance the society because they believe … Continue reading Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua → http://dlvr.it/SbcpBh

Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe October 10, 2022 PART II The Tacarigua Village Council was inaugurated on May 23, 1946. Vernon Scott, the principal of Tacarigua EC School, was the first president of the council. Since then, a long line of villagers presided over the council and worked tirelessly, without pay, to keep the centre … Continue reading Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua → http://dlvr.it/SZr4wz

Living and dying on a river bank

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 06, 2024 If you are travelling from Port of Spain to Arima and pass through Tacarigua and make a left turn onto Richard Street, you would be heading to the Northern Range. It will take you to a semi-urban community, Paradise Gardens, that sits at the base of that … Continue reading Living and dying on a river bank → http://dlvr.it/T2NjvP

‘Stand Together, ye Damned of the Earth’

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe February 06, 2023 Jonathan Smith (not his real name) is one of my dearest friends. Last Sunday, after reading my column, he sent me the following note: “Dr Cudjoe, I can’t remember when last you wrote so much unrealistic and unadulterated crap. I never heard your good friend Sat Maharaj … Continue reading ‘Stand Together, ye Damned of the Earth’ → http://dlvr.it/Sj1MBy

An apology

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe January 21, 2023 Apart from the years that I have spent abroad, I have lived most of my life in Tacarigua, a village that is located about ten miles east of Port of Spain. In 1976 Lance Murray, an official of the Trinidad Sugar Estates (known then as the Orange … Continue reading An apology → http://dlvr.it/ShK3PN

Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 07, 2022 PART VI On June 27 I received the following e-mail from Margaret Heath, a relative of William Hardin Burnley (WHB). It read: “I thought you might be interested to know that my brother, as executor of my mother’s estate, has just informed me he has consigned a … Continue reading Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua → http://dlvr.it/ScNFdV

Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe October 31, 2022 PART V Last Wednesday, I had lunch with Caroline Elkins, the author of the very important book, Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. A founding director of Harvard’s Center for African Studies, Elkins is also a professor of history and African and African American … Continue reading Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua → http://dlvr.it/Sc0dHB

Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe October 03, 2022 “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to always remain a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero PART I I want to … Continue reading Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua → http://dlvr.it/SZShN5

The homecoming

By Dr Selwyn R. Cudjoe August 15, 2022 As the airplane hovered over the Northern Range, I knew I was home. I was happy but anxious-feeling. It was two and a half years since I left my country in April 2020, just before the borders closed. No one could have known the horrible Covid epidemic … Continue reading The homecoming → http://dlvr.it/SWgG55