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    • 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 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 musical plumber

    • The musical plumber
    • Music ; Interpersonal relations
    • The author is awakened by the sound of lusty singing and loud hammering. Tracing both sounds he finds the source – a plumber who loves music and is more than happy to give the author a demonstration of his musical range. The plumber’s personality...
    • 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
    • The little punk

    • The little punk
    • Courage ; Violence
    • Pinkie, the small bodied underdog, defiantly stands up to Jim, a hulk of a man who could easily beat him to a pulp. The unequal battle saw Jim trouncing the unresisting Pinkie whose courage wins the day, and the girl. On the other hand, Jim, by...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The lady is a whore

    • The lady is a whore
    • Jamaica - Politics and government ; Atlantic Charter
    • The author discusses the inadequacies of the “Atlantic Charter” which should represent freedom for mankind. However, he sees the freedoms being promulgated as confined solely to “gentlemen of certain complexion”, although this was not stated...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The idea ... and one

    • The idea ... and one
    • Jamaica - Politics and government; Nationalism
    • In the context of the colonial system that governed Jamaica at the time, the author talks about the need for the represnetatives of the Crown’s to choose between the “bitch of success” and “Truth”. The former is usually chosen because the colonial...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • 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
    • The Chaperone

    • The Chaperone
    • Sex roles ; Women
    • Ella, somewhat plaintively, talks about how men and women are treated differently in society and suggests her acceptance of these gender-based differences. However, she seems to fail to realize that she herself is going against these stereotypes by...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • 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
    • 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
    • Tanzilo Popular Music Collection [Finding Aid]

    • Tanzilo Popular Music Collection [Finding Aid]
    • • Popular music - Jamaica; Reggae music - Jamaica; Reggae musicians - Jamaica
    • • The Tanzilo Popular Music Collection includes printed material collected over a twenty year period by reggae fan and musician Bobby Tanzilo. It is alphabetically arranged by artiste. A lover of Jamaican music, Tanzilo amassed memorabilia...
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