African Heritage Sites in Trinidad and Tobago researched and written by Eintou Pearl Springer is now available at the Metropolitan Book Store in Port of Spain and the Blue Edition Bookstore in Tunapuna The book documents a number of sites across Trinidad and Tobago which are significant to people of African Heritage and includes places such as the Meriken communities in Moruga the Yoruba Village in Port of Spain the St Patricks Church in Tobago and the caves of Tamana

Idakeda will host approximately forty students from the Black Cultural Centre of Purdue University in October this year for a series of cultural workshops and lectures They will be here as part of a research tour into African cultural retentions and the history of the African in Trinidad and Tobago

The new schedule for African Legacy Tours will be available in November which is also African History Month The tours so far have been exciting informative and filled with surprises

Eintou Springer will regale audiences with her storytelling skills at the Emancipation celebrations of the University of Trinidad and Tobago UTT on Wednesday August 20th Ms Springer will also speak on Resistance to Enslavement

The sweltering early afternoon heat created an almost unbearable blanket of humidity around the quaint restaurant Dara Ejisu Healy a proud African woman took a long sip of her beverage Ooh this is good she said in her characteristic light pleasant voice Accessorised with Africaninspired pieces and her hair styled in tiny plaits she said This is my journey I have my views and theyre just that Healy is dedicated to imparting the beauty of the African culture and heritage Incidentally she has traces of Amerindian blood in her ancestry

Eintou Pearl Springers play Freedom Morning Come will be performed on Friday August 1st at 6 am in front of the Treasury Building as part of the Emancipation Support Committees 2014 Emancipation celebrations The play features a stellar cast including Eunice Alleyne Makesi Algernon Dara Ejisu Healy Sterling Gamma Ghost Kent Brendon Lacaille Muhammad Muwakil Camille Quamina and Tishanna Williams

Eintou Springer will deliver the feature address at the launch of a new book of poems at NALIS on Friday June 27th

African Legacy Tours of Trinidad and Tobago in collaboration with theNational Trust of Trinidad & Tobago and the National Archives of Trinidadand Tobago present tours to […]