April 25, 2016
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April 11, 2016
The Eintou Springer play Shades of IShe Every Womans Story will once again put the focus on domestic violence incest and other social traumas when it takes to the stage in May of this year The aim of the production is to generate useful discussion and solutions through culture and the arts and to raise funds for the community outreach programmes of ICAN The play will take place at the Big Black Box in Woodbrook from May 27th 29th with a Gala on May 27th
February 1, 2016
By 1881 the people of the barrack yards had had enough They made the decision to fight for the right to practice their carnival rituals or die defending their culture Perhaps for the first time in the history of the stickfighting tradition the various stick groups notorious for their territorial fights put aside their differences to defeat the plan by the police chief Captain Baker to stop the Carnival
January 4, 2016
The British governments attempt to ban Canboulay in 1881 resulted in open riots between AfroCreole revelers and police a turn of events that not surprisingly caused deep resentment within Trinidadian society toward the governments use of power
December 21, 2015
Trinidads carnival dates back to the 18th century and the influx ofFrench Catholic planters from the French Antilles both white and free coloured their slaves and free blacks in the 1780s The white and free coloured both staged elaborate masquerade balls at Christmas and as a farewell to the flesh before the Catholic Lenten seasonwith each group mimicking the other in their masking and entertainment
December 7, 2015
November 30, 2015
The African has contributed much to the rich multicultural heritage of Trinidad and Tobago It is a contribution of which their descendants can be justly proud but which unfortunately is neither well known nor highlighted
August 24, 2015
200 years of the presence of the descendants of African American soldiers in Trinidad and Tobago will be commemorated by Idakeda on August 30th The commemoration will take place in the form of a oneday tour to Moruga highlighting the heritage of the Merikens and culminating in a visit to the Moruga Museum The tour bus leaves Port of Spain at 745am and interested persons may visit African Legacy Tours of Trinidad and Tobago on Facebook or wwwidakedagroupcom to reserve a space on the bus
August 17, 2015
