In honour of the contribution made by our African ancestors to the preservation of our Carnival celebrations Eintou Pearl Springer poet and playwright has decided to use the African spelling of the word Kambule as the title of her play about the 1881 riots

February begins with a second installment in the Caribbeana workshops for the senior staff of the National Library NALIS

Canboulay playwright Eintou Pearl Springer has added another element to her play for the 2010 production the Traditional Carnival Character the Baby Doll is now included and will be played by actress and dancer Dara E Healy

Its been a growing tradition over the years for Carnival celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago to start off with the 5am production of the Eintou Springer play Canboulay

Ai Bonjay Popolito the Giant Come out to Play the latest youth oriented initiative from the Idakeda repertoire continues in schools this week

Training Culture and Education will continue to be main focus for Idakeda in 2010

Idakeda was not allowed to simply watch as the rest of the world took its roller coaster ride this past year

Teachers and Principals alike have called for the continuation of Ai Bonjay the Idakeda Primary School storytelling initiative after a successful completion of the first term of this new programme

Dara E Healy Founder of the Idakeda Group and Managing Director of Obelisk Communications was recently featured in a new regional business publication called The Caribbean Entrepreneur