The Chibale Drumming Ensemble also known Chibale cheebahlay had an extremely busy and productive Emancipation season this yearThe group performed with Something Positive from New York at the Grand Opening of the Emancipation Village with highly acclaimed local drumming and dancing group Wasafoli on Emancipation Day and played backup drums for the National Young Emancipation King during his performance at the Village They also had the opportunity to perform their own repertoire for an Emancipation Charity Dinner held in Arima

The oral tradition of Storytelling is becoming more recognised for its powerful influence in empowering communities transforming behaviours and boosting selfesteem

Profound and lucid is how Eintous latest book for children Godchild is described by Dr Glenville Ashby of the Guardian Media Group in New York

How Anansi Bring the Drum is the title of the new play written by Eintou Pearl Springer as part of a special project to develop a National Youth Theatre Eintou also wrote the play as part of her contribution to the United Nations International Year in honour of Persons of African Heritage The play will be performed in November African History month

Poets from France Spain Kenya USA Haiti Cuba Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago and many Latin American countries all came together recently for a successful international poetry festival in Caracas VenezuelaThe Festival took place at the Teresa Carreo Theater and the Centre of Latin America Studies Rmulo Gallegos CELARG

The Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrs Bello has included former Poet Laureate of Port of Spain Eintou Pearl Springer in its World Poetry Festival taking place in Caracas June 1218 2011

Despite all that the African has produced and created culturally in the aftermath of enslavement we have failed to acquire the cultural confidence necessary for us to retake our place as a powerful global people This then is the task that confronts the conscious diaspora African storyteller How can the ancient art forms of survival be used to reinvigorate our people by reaching into the minds of our children

Eintou Springer will present a wide ranging paper later this week at an upcoming conference on Storytelling in MartiniqueSpringer a storyteller for many decades will share with conference participants her perspective on the importance of stories as transformation for young people who are At Risk and as healing for communities

The launch of GodChild has sparked renewed interest in the works of Eintou Springer and in the importance of writing for children as a whole