Tag Archives: Caribbean studies

July 1, 2020

Q&A with Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy, Author of Between Fitness and Death

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Stefanie Hunt-Kennedy answers questions about the inspirations, discoveries and takeaways of Between Fitness and Death: Disability and Slavery in the Caribbean. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? I grew up with disabled siblings and a mother who … Continue reading →

June 10, 2020

Banjo Roots and Branches Awarded American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize

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We are pleased to announce Banjo Roots and Branches edited by Robert B. Winans has won the American Musical Instrument Society’s Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize. The Nicholas Bessaraboff Prize is awarded annually for the most distinguished book-length work in English which … Continue reading →

March 13, 2014

Q&A with Caribbean Spaces author Carole Boyce Davies

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Carole Boyce Davies is a professor of Africana studies and English at Cornell University. She is the editor of the three-volume Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture and several other collections in African and Caribbean studies and black women’s studies internationally. … Continue reading →

February 25, 2014

Caribbean Spaces up for OCM Bocas Prize

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Carole Boyce-Davies has been named to the long list for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature. Caribbean Spaces: Escapes from Twilight Zones is one of three books nominated in the Non-Fiction category. The Prize covers poetry, fiction, and … Continue reading →