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    • The African Renaissance and the Caribbean

    • The African Renaissance and the Caribbean
    • Caribbean Area-Civilization-African influences; Pan-Africanism; Caribbean Area-Politics and government-20th century
    • This study investigates the significance of the African Renaissance for Caribbean people. The African Renaissance, according to the author, signals a shift in our connection with Africa from anti-colonial and anti-apartheid to post-colonial and...
    • Rupert Lewis Collection
    • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands

    • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands
    • Caribbean Area-Civilization-African influences; Caribbean Area-Politics and government; Caribbean Area-Economic conditions; Education-Caribbean Area; Black-power-Caribbean Area; South Africa-Relations-Caribbean Area
    • This paper examines Africa from the perspective of the Caribbean. It also gives a quick rundown of Caribbean education, economics, politics, and culture. The study continues with a look at South Africa's relations with the Caribbean.
    • Rupert Lewis Collection
    • The gold brick

    • The gold brick
    • Love stories
    • Isabel lost her heart to Peter who is always making promises he never keeps-the worst possibly was asking her to plan their wedding in his absence and then not turning up. Despite his frequent lapses and her family and friend’s disapproval, Isabel...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Toward harvest

    • Toward harvest
    • Mothers ; Family relationships
    • The mother of six children ponders the joys and the challenges of motherhood amidst the domestic routines of life. Her later exclusion her daughter’s world brings pain but eventually the bond between mother and daughter is restored. These events...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The miracle

    • The miracle
    • Family relationships ; Man-woman relationships
    • Henry finally came around to accepting the hard labour in the field as his lot, although he had tried very hard to escape the rut. However, he felt guilty of having his wife, a former teacher who could have married better, sharing it with him all...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • That man of mine

    • That man of mine
    • Abused women; Love stories
    • Innocent Pansy, fresh from the country, comes to the city and lodges at the YWCA as a good girl should. There she acquires domestic skills that get her a live-in job in lower St. Andrew. Everything is going fine until one evening she meets a...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The Old mill

    • The Old mill
    • Aging
    • The old man sadly surveys his property, including the sugar mill, and he watches all the various activities and antics of the workers as they boil the sugar. Regrettably, he will have to leave it all behind to a stranger because one of his sons is...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The Moon or a penny

    • The Moon or a penny
    • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
    • Dick is repeatedly frustrated with his fiancé’s prudish attitude towards sex even after they are engaged. She never seems to understand the all-consuming passion that drives him to desire a total union of body, soul and spirit. Her seeming...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Anything can Happen

    • Anything can Happen
    • Love stories ; City and town life
    • The bar serves as a meeting place for various people: a discontented wife who does not want to stay home with her child; a disgruntled lover, kept from his beloved by her brother; three dangerous looking men who later feature in a rape; and a...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Blind man's buff

    • Blind man's buff
    • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
    • Three young women set off for to catch water from the spring at Blind Man’s Hollow where very often there are mysterious sounds and happenings. The girls are not bothered by these things as they enjoy themselves with carefree abandon, especially...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Another day

    • Another day
    • City and town life ; Death ; Nationalism
    • The author describes a series of events that makes up a typical day in the city such as a bus catching fire; a group of high-brows debating whether there is any real West Indian culture; ordinary workmen recently paid going off in the hills to...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Christmas Eve

    • Christmas Eve
    • Christmas stories; City and town life; Rural life; Interpersonal relations; loss
    • Christmas Eve is usually a time of food, laughter and good cheer, but for some like Connie, there is little cause to celebrate. In the country, she listens to her family’s chatter as they express their wishes for a better new year. Mass Jim talks...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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