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"What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" December 21, 2024
Rejecting illusions December 09, 2024
Wos' Than Slavery December 04, 2024
Our precious jewels November 27, 2024
America, the beautiful? November 21, 2024
Hubris goes before the fall November 12, 2024
The ultimate barbarian November 05, 2024
Honouring our heroes October 30, 2024
Language matters October 23, 2024
The leader's schizophrenic behaviour October 16, 2024
The Darkest Hour October 10, 2024
On being relevant October 01, 2024
Time for PNM members to speak up September 25, 2024
Pan and T&T's coat of arms September 18, 2024
Pan and the coat of arms: the imaginary September 11, 2024
Duprey and the demise of black business September 05, 2024
Enshackled thinking August 28, 2024
Hear ye; hair ye: listen and be enlightened - Pt IV August 21, 2024
Hear ye; hair ye: listen and be enlightened - Pt III August 16, 2024
An ideologue's pirouette August 07, 2024
Hear ye; hair ye: listen and be enlightened - Pt II July 31, 2024
Hear ye; hair ye: listen and be enlightened July 24, 2024
Discoursing about crime and education July 17, 2024
As the world turns July 10, 2024
Snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory July 02, 2024
Rescuing a hero from oblivion June 26, 2024
Making Tacarigua a better scene June 16, 2024
Never sit on your laurels June 13, 2024
Turning democracy upside down June 04, 2024
The importance of work May 28, 2024
Normalising failure and callousness May 21, 2024
Africa's holocaust May 14, 2024
Student outrage over US behaviour May 07, 2024
Please stay home April 29, 2024
Age of retirement April 23, 2024
A sterling example April 16, 2024
Israel's colonialism April 10, 2024
The Indian connection April 02, 2024
These men of straw... March 28, 2024
Dr Rowley's public vulgarity March 18, 2024
The dangerous Mr Trump March 12, 2024
Decolonising the Euro-American universities' curriculum March 05, 2024
A Quest for Truth February 21, 2024
Dem people February 20, 2024
If Jesus Returned to this Earth February 13, 2024
Living and dying on a river bank February 06, 2024
Rowley cannot solve our crime problem January 30, 2024
Consigning Panday's Memory to National Forgetfulness January 23, 2024
Karen's foibles January 16, 2024
Irrational exuberance January 08, 2024
A visit from my future December 31, 2023
Dreaming of a Black Christmas December 26, 2023
Upholding a university's core mission December 19, 2023
Protecting our historic legacy December 11, 2023
War Is Hell December 04, 2023
The Grandeur of Men and Women November 28, 2023
Rebels at the Gates November 21, 2023
A quagmire of death and despair November 14, 2023
Acting in bad faith November 06, 2023
Allow Palestinians to breathe October 31, 2023
Interconnections: Art and Culture in West Africa and the Caribbean October 23, 2023
Eloquent excuses October 17, 2023
'If you see something...' October 10, 2023
Ashton Ford: a gentle spirit October 02, 2023
The Blood of Our Children September 25, 2023
Our Truant Prime Minister September 18, 2023
Coming black on board September 11, 2023
Emancipation foibles - Part 3 August 07, 2023
Emancipation foibles - Part 2 August 06, 2023
Emancipation foibles August 03, 2023
The esteemed ancestry of Bishop Rawle Douglin - Pt II April 24, 2023
The esteemed ancestry of Bishop Rawle Douglin April 17, 2023
Renewal and revival on Spiritual Baptist Day April 03, 2023
Pristine Christine March 27, 2023
Is Trinidad a real place? March 20, 2023
Eugene Chen: a forgotten Trinidadian - Pt III March 13, 2023
Eugene Chen: a forgotten Trinidadian - Pt II March 06, 2023
Eugene Chen: a forgotten Trinidadian February 27, 2023
Cro Cro: our warrior king February 20, 2023
Defending our noble art form February 13, 2023
'Stand Together, ye Damned of the Earth' February 06, 2023
If you start with a lie... January 30, 2023
An apology January 23, 2023
It's always political January 16, 2023
Patriotism and its vulgar application January 09, 2023
Pride in our origins January 02, 2023
Landscape, family and memory December 27, 2022
Unravelling of a nationalist party - Pt II December 19, 2022
Unravelling of a nationalist party December 12, 2022
A case of narcissistic sycophancy December 06, 2022
A sacrificial lamb November 28, 2022
'Where Is There?' November 21, 2022
No place to hide November 14, 2022
Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua - Pt VI November 07, 2022
Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua - Pt V October 31, 2022
Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua - Pt IV October 24, 2022
Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua - Pt III October 17, 2022
Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua - Pt II October 10, 2022
Celebrating the 46th Anniversary of the Republic Day, Trinidad and Tobago October 08, 2022
Out of the cane fields of Tacarigua October 03, 2022
Rituals of grief September 26, 2022
Deluded Children of Empire September 19, 2022
Look-me! A reclamation of self - Pt II September 12, 2022
Look-me! A reclamation of self - Pt I September 05, 2022
The cries of our people August 29, 2022
Winning hearts and minds August 22, 2022
The homecoming August 15, 2022
Picton's cruelty: Luisa Calderon's resilience August 08, 2022
Keith Rowley's Failed Leadership = Pt III August 01, 2022
Keith Rowley's Failed Leadership = Pt II July 25, 2022
Keith Rowley's Failed Leadership July 18, 2022
The politics of redemption - Pt III July 11, 2022
The politics of redemption - Pt II July 04, 2022
The politics of redemption June 27, 2022
What's in a slave name? June 20, 2022
Doh mess with ma name June 13, 2022
Origin of Indian indentureship in Trinidad June 06, 2022
Haiti, we are sorry May 30, 2022
If the priest could play... May 24, 2022
A leader of destiny - Part II May 16, 2022
A leader of destiny May 09, 2022
The price of progress - Part II May 02, 2022
The price of progress April 25, 2022
The Slave Bible April 18, 2022
I am the State! April 11, 2022
The Political Leader as a Man of Culture April 04, 2022
Selwyn Ryan and T&T's intellectual tradition March 28, 2022
'The Other Selwyn' March 22, 2022
Escalante's escalating falsehoods March 15, 2022
Putin's crime; Europe's shame March 07, 2022
Imperial power February 28, 2022
Black Lives Matter February 21, 2022
A call for social justice February 15, 2022
When extraordinary isn't good enough February 08, 2022
Playing games with people's lives January 31, 2022
Voting Rights in America January 24, 2022
COLONIAL TRAPPINGS January 17, 2022
White America Should Not Be Afraid of Critical Race Theory January 12, 2022
Death, Be Not Proud January 10, 2022
Move Satan move January 04, 2022
Suffer the little children December 27, 2021
Human rights, equality and diversity December 20, 2021
We happy and we sad December 13, 2021
Working together December 06, 2021
But for a video... November 29, 2021
Find—Not Seek November 22, 2021
The Loss of Innocence November 15, 2021
Playing Smart... November 08, 2021
Beloved November 01, 2021
Whiteness and critical race theory October 25, 2021
Has the People's Lawyer lost his way? October 18, 2021
We Ent Wukking Anyhow October 11, 2021
Eroding Public Confidence in Our Institutions October 04, 2021
Criminalizing Civil Infractions September 27, 2021
Decentering Dr. Williams— Denigrating the PNM - Part 3 September 20, 2021
Decentering Dr. Williams— Denigrating the PNM - Part 2 September 14, 2021
Decentering Dr. Williams; Denigrating the PNM - Part 1 September 06, 2021
The Passing of the Pointer Man - Part 3 August 31, 2021
The Passing of the Pointer Man - Part 2 August 23, 2021
The Passing of the Pointer Man August 16, 2021
Glorious days of the happy and the free - II August 09, 2021
Glorious day(s) of the happy and the free August 01, 2021
Honorable Lives / Forgotten Worlds July 26, 2021
PNM: Avoiding the Pitfall of Decline July 19, 2021
The danger of verbal violence July 12, 2021
Saying Yes, Sometimes July 05, 2021
A Luta Continua June 29, 2021
Facing the Past June 21, 2021
Digging Out We Eye in Broad Daylight June 15, 2021
Professor Selwyn R. Cudjoe awarded the 2021 Anna & Samuel
Pinanski Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching June 07, 2021
White Brutality Against Black and Brown People June 07, 2021
Searching for Our Truths May 31, 2021
National heroes and history May 24, 2021
Palestinian Lives Matter May 17, 2021
The legacy of Terrence Clarke May 10, 2021
The need for self-esteem and self-knowledge May 03, 2021
Disliking African Materials April 26, 2021
The Gaslighting of America April 19, 2021
Opening the borders April 13, 2021
America's New Jim Crowism April 06, 2021
Don't Let God Stueps on Us March 31, 2021
When love ceases March 22, 2021
The Dangers of Narcissism March 15, 2021
Shamelessness March 09, 2021
Black People & the Social Contract March 01, 2021
Who really are the monsters? February 23, 2021
Monsters & Monstrosities February 15, 2021
Backward Ever February 09, 2021
Dr Selwyn Cudjoe – History, Writing and the Slave Master of Trinidad February 03, 2021
Black & Brown People Beware February 01, 2021
A Skinny Black Girl January 26, 2021
A Black Race Position January 19, 2021
Looking Beneath the Surface January 12, 2021
A More Reflective Society January 05, 2021
King Imbert's Court December 28, 2020
Overcoming Education Inequality December 22, 2020
The Potency of the Word December 15, 2020
An Existentialist Crisis December 09, 2020
A Macabre Display December 01, 2020
Demonizing Black People November 25, 2020
Reframing the Bone November 23, 2020
The Racial Divide November 16, 2020
Basta Trump; Welcome Biden November 09, 2020
The racial ghosts of the past November 02, 2020
God and the State October 26, 2020
President Trump's Disruptive Power October 05, 2020
A Plea for Humility & Equanimity September 28, 2020
Thinking Race/Understanding Color September 21, 2020
A Cautionary Tale September 14, 2020
The black superhero September 07, 2020
Embracing all our history August 31, 2020
Counting our blessings August 24, 2020
In defeat, defiance August 17, 2020
A Time for Forgiveness and Rejuvenation August 10, 2020
Why I Support UNC This Time Around August 04, 2020
Everybody Is Somebody July 28, 2020
Making a Truce with Reality July 21, 2020
The Last of the Romantics July 13, 2020
Do Black Lives Matter in Trinidad? July 06, 2020
Black American Lives Have Always Mattered... June 29, 2020
Be Careful How You Treat Black People June 29, 2020
Columbus and His Progeny June 23, 2020
The Lie... Part 3 June 09, 2020
Graduating in the Age of Coronavirus and Police Brutality June 02, 2020
Letter to My Grandson June 01, 2020
The Lie... Pt 2 May 25, 2020
Young's tragic blunder May 18, 2020
The Lie... May 11, 2020
Re-charting our Ruins May 04, 2020
In Defense of Teachers April 29, 2020
"All Ah We in This Together..." April 20, 2020
Black Betrayal (In the Age of the Coronavirus) April 13, 2020
My Spiritual Inheritance April 06, 2020
Black Betrayal, Or God Don't Like Ugly March 31, 2020
Surrendering ME for the WE March 24, 2020
The Hot Prison March 16, 2020
Black betrayal March 09, 2020
Rethinking Our Approach to Education February 24, 2020
Puttin' Yo Self in People Mouth February 18, 2020
Biden's Dilemma February 10, 2020
Blessed Are They Who Hunger after Righteousness February 04, 2020
Who is without blame? January 27, 2020
A Foolish Dog January 21, 2020
Tithes & Thefts — Part 2 January 14, 2020
Tithes & Thefts — Part 1 January 08, 2020
How Our Banking System Dis-serves the Poor January 02, 2020
Democrats Beware! December 27, 2019
Not Because One is Paranoid... December 16, 2019
Money Does Not Always Buy You Love December 10, 2019
Caring for the Sensitivites of Others December 06, 2019
Sat Maharaj and Martin Luther King November 26, 2019
Sat Maharaj Is Dead November 26, 2019
Two Trinidad and Tobagos November 20, 2019
Bumsees & boobs November 20, 2019
Slavery, Education, Social Justice November 16, 2019
Poisoning Minds and Sickening Bodies November 05, 2019
Diversity Matters October 29, 2019
Mobilizing Our Social & Cultural Capital October 22, 2019
Consultation Versus Coercion October 14, 2019
Turning the Clock Backward October 09, 2019
A Magnificent Breakthrough October 03, 2019
In Defense of the Prime Minister September 26, 2019
Misplaced Philanthropy September 20, 2019
Two Trinidad and Tobagos September 11, 2019
A word to the wise... September 03, 2019
Great Is the PNM... August 30, 2019
Ah hungry! August 27, 2019
Staying Woke August 14, 2019
The Road Make to Walk... August 06, 2019
We are all in this Together July 30, 2019
Thinking Globally; Acting Locally July 25, 2019
The Making of a Scholar... July 16, 2019
While Rome Burned... July 09, 2019
The Search for Truth July 04, 2019
The Labyrinthine World of Doublethink June 27, 2019
The Public's Right to Know June 20, 2019
"I Am a Homosexual, Mum" June 12, 2019
Land Grabbing with Government's Assistance June 06, 2019
Whispers of Corrupting Practices May 28, 2019
Cultural & Environmental Violence May 20, 2019
Jamming the Poor, Still May 13, 2019
Obeahing the Word May 08, 2019
Elton Herbert Nelson: A Phenomenal Man May 02, 2019
The Dog and the Bone April 22, 2019
Learning by Example April 17, 2019
New Daughters of Africa April 08, 2019
The Brexit Quagmire April 06, 2019
Our Living Past March 28, 2019
Honouring Carl Jacobs March 19, 2019
From Beautillion Ball to Brexit Cauldrom March 18, 2019
Cultural Policy and National Development March 18, 2019
The Morality of Politics March 09, 2019
While I Am Here! February 25, 2019
Sex Behind the Convent Veil February 18, 2019
The Door of Tomorrow February 12, 2019
What Constitutes an Educated Trini? - Pt 2 February 04, 2019
Thinking Dialectically About Slavery January 30, 2019
The Ultimate Philistine January 22, 2019
What Constitutes an Educated Trini? January 15, 2019
The Museum of African American History January 08, 2019
A Caribbean Hero January 01, 2019
A Christmas Gift December 25, 2018
Evaluating Trump, Trini-Style December 17, 2018
Whose History Anyhow? December 11, 2018
Reparatory Justice December 04, 2018
Andrew Haswell Green November 26, 2018
The Incredible Dream - Pt 3 November 19, 2018
The Incredible Dream November 12, 2018
The Illusive Dream November 05, 2018
Water of National Cleansing October 29, 2018
Dark Memories of a Lynching October 23, 2018
"The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks." October 15, 2018
America's Angry White Men October 08, 2018
Reparative Justice October 01, 2018
Independence Child/Pan Africanist Vision Sept 24, 2018
Missing Their Mark September 17, 2018
The Tricky Ways of Democracy September 11, 2018
Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs September 03, 2018
A Wounded Animal - Pt 2 August 26, 2018
A Wounded Animal August 20, 2018
"Don't Talk About It; Be About It!" August 12, 2018
Strengthening PNM August 06, 2018
Open Yo' Eyes & Ears, PNM... July 30, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 8 July 24, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 7 July 18, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 6 July 11, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 5 July 07, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 4 June 25, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 3 June 20, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 2 June 11, 2018
Preparing the Way for Kamla - Pt 1 June 04, 2018
Is Meghan Really the First ... May 28, 2018
Imbert's Casual Cruelty May 21, 2018
Conrad Friedrich Stollmeyer - Pt 2 May 14, 2018
Conrad Friedrich Stollmeyer - Pt 1 May 07, 2018
Carrying on the Tradition April 30, 2018
W. E. B. Du Bois's Legacy [VIDEO] April 27, 2018
Growing Our Cultural Capital April 23, 2018
The Soul of the Nation April 16, 2018
Flawed Heroines April 09, 2018
Permission Please, Sir April 03, 2018
Our Humble First Servant March 27, 2018
PNM 'Till Ah Dead; Maybe! March 19, 2018
Celebrating Unnamed and Unfamed Trinidad and Tobago Women March 12, 2018
Garbage Country March 05, 2018
My Gambian Journey February 26, 2018
Blackness Denied [VIDEO] February 20, 2018
Contradictions and Counterfactuals - Pt 3 February 20, 2018
Contradictions and Counterfactuals - Pt 2 February 13, 2018
Contradictions and Counterfactuals February 08, 2018
Abdicating One's Responsibility January 30, 2018
In Tribute to John Campbell January 23, 2018
This Woman Can Be Great January 15, 2018
Crime and The Church January 10, 2018
Foreign Policy Blunder January 02, 2018
Big Dawgs and Ass-Kicking Time December 31, 2017
Forged in the Bowels of Corruption: Pt 5 December 18, 2017
Forged in the Bowels of Corruption: Pt 4 December 11, 2017
The Black Princess December 05, 2017
Forged in the Bowels of Corruption: Pt 3 November 26, 2017
Forged in the Bowels of Corruption: Pt 2 November 20, 2017
Forged in the Bowels of Corruption: Pt 1 November 14, 2017
Targeting Dr. Williams November 06, 2017
The Reeducation of Our Prime Minister October 30, 2017
Denigrating Women Again October 23, 2017
Ancestors October 19, 2017
Does UNC See Itself as Part of the Nation? October 14, 2017
Do They Ever See Us as a Nation? October 02, 2017
Rogues & Lumpens September 24, 2017
Love a Donkey: Besson's Independence Fables - Pt 3 September 18, 2017
Love a Donkey: Besson's Independence Fables - Pt 2 September 10, 2017
Love a Donkey: Besson's Independence Fables - Pt 1 September 03, 2017
Forgetting and Remembering August 28, 2017
Incompetence and Bad Judgment August 20, 2017
In Solid Support of Ancel Roget August 13, 2017
Beautiful Are the Souls of My Black People August 06, 2017
Keith Rowley's Glorious Moment July 31, 2017
The Four Ks of Our Destruction July 24, 2017
Long Walk to Freedom - Part 2 July 16, 2017
Long Walk to Freedom - Part 1 July 10, 2017
State Capture: Syrian/Lebanese Style July 02, 2017
Go to Timbuktu!!! June 27, 2017
On the Israel-Lebanon Border June 20, 2017
Visiting the Holy Land June 11, 2017
A Brek-UP, Brek-DOWN Society - Pt 3 June 05, 2017
A Brek-UP, Brek-DOWN Society - Pt 2 May 29, 2017
Spreading Planter Propaganda May 21, 2017
Living in a State of No-Whereness May 15, 2017
Choisir La France (Choose France) May 10, 2017
En Marche! (On the move!) May 08, 2017
The Great Betrayal - Part 4 May 02, 2017
The Great Betrayal - Part 3 April 25, 2017
The Great Betrayal - Part 2 April 18, 2017
The Great Betrayal - Part 1 April 10, 2017
Views from a Breeze Maxi April 05, 2017
Getting It Right March 27, 2017
Brutifying Our Sensibilities March 20, 2017
Making America Racist Again March 13, 2017
Guarding Our Laws March 06, 2017
Guarding Our Laws February 26, 2017
The Web We Weave - Part 2 February 21, 2017
Beware of our Talents February 12, 2017
The Web We Weave - Part 1 February 05, 2017
Kamla's Equivocation January 29, 2017
President Trump and the Black Blowback January 22, 2017
Poor Rolph, Brilliant Rolph January 16, 2017
Do so eh like so January 08, 2017
A Brek-UP, Brek-DOWN Society January 01, 2017
Sleep in Heavenly Peace December 25, 2016
Race and Tribal Consciousness December 18, 2016
The Challenge of Ideology December 11, 2016
No longer blinded by our eyes December 04, 2016
Roti Diplomacy November 28, 2016
Living As Dogs, Part 2 November 21, 2016
"Daddy, I'm Angry" November 13, 2016
Why Black History Month Is Important to Me November 10, 2016
Living As Dogs, Part 1 November 06, 2016
"Yuh Nastiness" October 31, 2016
Black Lives Matter: A Footnote to History October 25, 2016
Black Advocacy in T&T October 18, 2016
Always Remember October 09, 2016
Extremisms in the Defense of Liberty October 03, 2016
Integrity and Probity September 27, 2016
Every Cook Can Govern September 19, 2016
The Monumentality of it All September 14, 2016
A Cry for Social Justice September 05, 2016
Intellectual Honesty August 29, 2016
Normalizing Non-sense August 22, 2016
Ode to a Tea Bag August 14, 2016
My Friend, The Late Karl Case August 07, 2016
May Their Bread Be Buttered Over Submitted: July 31, 2016
Let the Jackasses Bray July 24, 2016
Sacrilegious!!! July 17, 2016
Preserving Historic Memory July 10, 2016
Take Yo' Language an' Go July 07, 2016
London Bridge... June 27, 2016
Gay and Straight Together June 22, 2016
Is Sat Really a Racist? June 13, 2016
PNM's Betrayal April 05, 2016
Looking Back to Look Forward March 23, 2016
An Unethical Dis(Invite) September 27, 2015
Why the PNM Will Win the Election September 01, 2015
Keith Rowley and the Coercive State August 27, 2015
The Laptop Scandal August 18, 2015
A Stunningly Bad Appointment July 17, 2015
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing May 24, 2015
God Is Truth April 12, 2015
We Can Achieve MLK's Dream Without His Faith April 08, 2015
UNC's Anansi Moment April 01, 2015
South of de Caroni March 27, 2015
The Politics of Spite February 10, 2015
Je ne suis pas Charlie January 13, 2015
What Should Patrick Manning Do? January 03, 2015
Take de Money and Run December 15, 2014
Dr. Selwyn Cudjoe's Remarks to the Wellesley Council December 11, 2014
Ralph Maraj's Myopia October 22, 2014
The Responsibility of Intellectuals October 16, 2014
Eulogy of Rudolph Samuels September 23, 2014
Professor Maignot's Non-Response August 20, 2014
Staining the Soul of Our Nation August 15, 2014
The Impact of Caribbean Culture on North America June 28, 2014
Happy Indian Arrival Day:
Documenting Indian/Trinibagonian History June 01, 2014
Farewell, My Brother May 19, 2014
Confessions of a Soft Man April 13, 2014
Cuffie's Fantasies March 11, 2014
PNM's Last Chance March 05, 2014
In Tribute to Nelson Mandela Deccember 13, 2013
C. L. R. James and the Canon Deccember 11, 2013
The Indian Experience in Trinidad, or The Triumph of Ideology Over Scholarship November 24, 2013
Preserving the Tacarigua Savannah - Part 2 September 20, 2013
Preserving the Tacarigua Savannah August 09, 2013
The Blackness of Black or, How Black is Really Black? August 06, 2013
Dr. St. Luce Philip: The First Black Legislator of Trinidad and Tobago July 25, 2013
Zimmerman Verdict -- Where Do We Go From Here?
By Frances Cudjoe Waters - July 18, 2013
Don't Blame the Hindus or the Christians July 04, 2013
Selwyn Cudjoe Speaks on the Life of Tony Martin May 01, 2013
Maxie Cuffie's Journalism April 10, 2013
Ignorant Negroes/Tyrannical Masters: William Burnley
and the Caribbean Slave Experience April 05, 2013
In Appreciation of Tony Martin February 13, 2013
Michel-Jean Cazabon: The Making of a West Indian Artist Jan 19, 2013
Let Charity Guide Our Utterances November 14, 2012
Celebrating Fifty Years of Trinidad and Tobago's Independence
October 23, 2012
Reflections on the History of the Department of African and African-American Studies at Fordham University October 23, 2012
Aspiring Together September 05, 2012
Keshorn Walcott August 22, 2012
Against All Odds August 14, 2012
Lightning Bolt August 09, 2012
Raced Memories August 01, 2012
A Way of Seeing July 25, 2012
When Race Trumps Reason July 18, 2012
Countries, Citizens, Identity July 11, 2012
Jack's lawlessness and Corruptibility July 03, 2012
Learning from Ancel Roget's Insights June 26, 2012
Fake Society June 19, 2012
Ridding Our Schools of Errant Teachers June 13, 2012
Thanks, But No Thanks June 10, 2012
PP: Taking Loud and Saying Nothing June 06, 2012
The Cowshed Fable May 30, 2012
Living in the Future May 27, 2012
Leading by Example May 23, 2012
Corrupting Our Morals May 16, 2012
Obama's Challenges May 09, 2012
Stealing from the Public Purse May 02, 2012
The New Barbarians April 25, 2012
Manning, The Genius April 18, 2012
Madness All Around April 11, 2012
The Fat Ass Brigade April 03, 2012
Bluefields, Nicaragua March 27, 2012
Obama's Dilemma March 14, 2012
Roget Makes the First Move March 07, 2012
A Chink in the Armor March 01, 2012
Carnival and Culture February 22, 2012
Time for Change February 15, 2012
A Politician's Cry February 08, 2012
The Beauties of Mozart February 01, 2012
Kamla's Delicate Dance January 26, 2012
De Prime Minister Eh Dey January 20, 2012
Looking Backward January 11, 2012
Keeping Faith with Our Destiny January 04, 2012
Don't Piss On Me... December 27, 2011
Christmas Truce December 20, 2011
The Prime Minister as Goddess December 13, 2011
The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight December 06, 2011
Let the Jackasses Bray November 29, 2011
Homecoming: Bahia 2011 November 22, 2011
Sat and Devant on the Saddle November 15, 2011
Two Doubles and... November 09, 2011
Hindu Ethics and Morality November 02, 2011
Bacchanalian Budget Debate October 25, 2011
Moving Backward Into Slavery October 19, 2011
Begging for Freedom October 11, 2011
Dr. Williams as a Man of Culture October 06, 2011
Sandy Must Stay! October 04, 2011
Celebrating the Centenary of Dr. Williams' Birth September 28, 2011
The CJ's Wisdom September 20, 2011
Fulfilling Prophecy September 14, 2011
Jack Wept September 06, 2011
Rejecting the State of Emergency August 30, 2011
The Writerly Pursuit August 22, 2011
Messengers of the Invisible August 16, 2011
Riots in London August 09, 2011
With Respect to All August 03, 2011
The Hidden Agenda July 26, 2011
The Mis-Education of Tim Gopeesingh July 20, 2011
Letter to Minister of Education on SEA Results July 16, 2011
Probe SEA Results July 13, 2011
For the Love of Jack July 06, 2011
Emergency: Young Black Men in Danger June 27, 2011
The Allness of the Universe June 21, 2011
Spinning Top in Mud June 15, 2011
Truth and Consequences June 07, 2011
Does She or Doesn't She? May 25, 2011
Let there be Light May 18, 2011
Look What the PNM Come To!!! May 11, 2011
The Souls of Black Folk May 04, 2011
Africa's Global Importance April 27, 2011
Rowley's Failure April 20, 2011
Stop 'Sampating' Africans April 13, 2011
The Indian Narrative April 06, 2011
Nizam's Conspiratorial Theories March 31, 2011
The Souls of Black Folk March 24, 2011
Chairman Penny Beckles March 16, 2011
Plebian Carnival March 09, 2011
Multiculturalism and its Challenges in Trinidad and Tobago March 09, 2011
The Limitations of Multiculturalism - Part III March 02, 2011
Playing the Race Card February 23, 2011
The Limitations of Multiculturalism - Part II February 17, 2011
The Limitations of Multiculturalism in Trinidad and Tobago February 09, 2011
William Hardin Burnley and the Glorious Revolution February 06, 2011
Kamla's Casual Carelessness January 27, 2011
Cote d'Ivoire January 25, 2011
Mother Trinidad and Tobago January 17, 2011
On Afro-Saxons and Trinbagonianism January 12, 2011
Conceiving the Inconceivable January 10, 2011
Home Bound December 30, 2010
Standing Firm in Our Nation's Faith December 22, 2010
Criminalizing the Society December 15, 2010
Who Is In Charge Here? December 09, 2010
A Presidential Challenge December 01, 2010
Indian Time Ah Come November 23, 2010
Setting a Proper Example November 16, 2010
The Corrupting Influence of the People's Partnership November 11, 2010
Profiles in Courage & Love November 03, 2010
Making UTT a National University October 27, 2010
Discovering A. R. F. Webber October 20, 2010
Leveraging Incompetence October 14, 2010
Human Guinea Pigs October 06, 2010
Jack Warner: H.N.I.C. September 29, 2010
Talking From Both Sides of Her Mouth September 23, 2010
Taking Stock of Our Democracy September 16, 2010
Book Reviews: Caribbean Visionary by Selwyn R. Cudjoe September 14, 2010
Corrupting the Minds of the Young September 08, 2010
Ponte Vecchio, Florence September 01, 2010
Naipaul in the House August 25, 2010
The Sun Also Rises August 18, 2010
The Crisis of Black Youth August 11, 2010
A Society in Transition: A Community at the Crossroads August 04, 2010
Rising from Rock Bottom July 30, 2010
Single-Mindedly Williams Transformed Our Lives July 24, 2010
Besson's Cruel Accusations July 23, 2010
The Law of Just Revenge July 15, 2010
Money and Wishful Thinking July 08, 2010
Africa's Decade July 01, 2010
Pulling a Masterstroke June 26, 2010
The Changing Social and Political Landscape of
Trinidad and Tobago June 22, 2010
Peace and Love June 17, 2010
Selwyn Cudjoe Named to the Carlson Professorship
in Comparative Literature at Wellesley College June 10, 2010
Indian (Hindu) Time Ah Come June 10, 2010
Is PNM Yesterday's News? June 05, 2010
How Hath the Mighty Fallen May 29, 2010
Mr. Manning Must Go, Now May 27, 2010
Slandering Our Time May 17, 2010
Flattering to Deceive May 13, 2010
A Letter of Comfort May 12, 2010
Gordon Brown's Disaster April 30, 2010
"Too Old to Party" April 29, 2010
A People's Partnership April 27, 2010
How to save the PNM March 18, 2010
William Hardin Burnley and the Glorious Revolution August 24, 2009
Securing Our Future in Turbulent Times August 01, 2009
A. R. F. Webber: Tobago Scholar and Caribbean Statesman April 26, 2009
A. R. F. Webber's Modernity January 17, 2009
The Zimbabwean Tragedy November 12, 2008
The Turbulent Career of Badase Sagan Maraj October 15, 2008
"Tell Me Who to Kill?" September 26, 2008
The Economy, Stupid September 19, 2008
Pigs, Fish and Politics September 12, 2008
Literature and Its Liberation September 07, 2008
Doing It With Style September 04, 2008
Our Historical Legacy August 29, 2008
Inheritance August 21, 2008
Solzhenitsyn August 13, 2008
President Kufoor's Massage to T&T August 06, 2008
Choosing Your Coffins August 03, 2008
Tribute to Malcolm Jones July 31, 2008
Happy Emancipation! July 31, 2008
Emancipation and Self-Reflection July 23, 2008
Demonizing Patrick Manning July 18, 2008
Calling Pastor Kwame in his Right Name July 10, 2008
Death and the Black Man July 04, 2008
The Obama War Machine June 28, 2008
Church and Sexuality June 26, 2008
The Politics of Personal Grievance June 19, 2008
A Crusade against Crime June 13, 2008
Controlling our Food Supply June 06, 2008
Obama's Achievement June 05, 2008
De Ting May 29, 2008
Freedom and Creative Utility May 23, 2008
On The Road To The White House May 19, 2008
Keeping PNM Honest May 16, 2008
A City of the Dead May 09, 2008
Arnold Rampersad's Storied Odyssey May 02, 2008
Serving the People's Interest April 28, 2008
Naming Ourselves April 18, 2008
The Values Imperative April 10, 2008
Land of Hope and Glory April 04, 2008
Creating Community March 27, 2008
In Memory of Lewis and Webber March 21, 2008
The Sheriff of Wall Street March 12, 2008
Gingerbread Houses March 06, 2008
Choices March 06, 2008
A Culture of Life February 21, 2008
Ketching De' Demon Early February 15, 2008
Obama is the Man for Dem February 08, 2008
Putting Yo' Business in the Street February 01, 2008
Chief Justice Ivor Archie January 24, 2008
Keeping PNM's Commandments January 17, 2008
President Barack Obama January 10, 2008
The Measure of a Man January 03, 2008
Acting in Our Self-Interest December 31, 2007
The More You Live... December 20, 2007
Citizenship Rights December 15, 2007
Professor Cudjoe Has Challenged The 'Berlin Wall' December 12, 2007
The Pursuit of Happiness December 12, 2007
The Importance of Reading December 08, 2007
It's Not Only a Black Thing? November 27, 2007
Chupidness Gone Mad November 16, 2007
Winston Dookeran's New Politics August 19, 2007
NAEAP Honors Professor Kenneth Julien August 03, 2007
NAEAP Honors Pat Bishop August 03, 2007
Selwyn Cudjoe's 2007 Emancipation Address July 31, 2007
Dr. Camini Marajh, D.Litt? July 11, 2007
Counting Our Blessings June 10, 2007
BOOK REVIEW: Eric Williams and the
Making of the Modern Caribbean November 12, 2006
Cussing and Critical Interpretation September 24, 2006
White Man's Burden: Black Man's Responsibilities June 07, 2006
Bearing Our Crosses June 07, 2006
Babylonian Discourses May 22, 2006
Physician, Heal Thyself April 16, 2006
A Nationalist Party in the Age of Globalization April 04, 2006
Apocalyptic Warnings March 10, 2006
Criminal Neglect at Gulf View Medical Center March 06, 2006
August Wilson is Dead October 03, 2005
Tell Dem Yo' ah See Ma September 25, 2005
Partisan Politics and Confused Thinking September 01, 2005
The Exaggeration of Panday's Death August 24, 2005
John Jacob Thomas: An Exemplary Trinbagonian August 21, 2005
Wherein Lays the Virtue of Fairness? August 09, 2005
Keeping Faith with Our Future August 03, 2005
In Defense of African Children? April 27, 2005
Making Strides: Taking the Caribbean Worldwide April 13, 2005
Racism at Torrib Trace Presbyterian School March 29, 2005
No Man Is Above the Law Let Justice Prevail February 22, 2005
Peace and Tolerance: The Utterances of a Seeker January 01, 2005
Eric Williams and T and T's Intellectual Tradition October 07, 2004
That Unfortunate Kink September 23, 2004
Sat Maharaj's Two Percent Fiction September 05, 2004
Asking Correct Questions about Emancipation August 19, 2004
Mixing Metaphors and Ideas August 15, 2004
Live Free or Be Imprisoned in One's Ignorance August 04, 2004
The Loss Sheep July 02, 2004
The Ethics of Responsibility June 29, 2004
Literature and National Development June 21, 2004
Fall, gentle rain June 18, 2004
De true true story June 07, 2004
Dem Indian People Tief fo' So! April 27, 2004
Same-Sex Marriage April 22, 2004
Disrespecting African People April 16, 2004
Letter from Pakistan (1) April 16, 2004
Letter from Pakistan (2) April 16, 2004
Respecting Our Culture Mar 02, 2004
Morality and Politics Feb 15, 2004
The Indianization of the Society Jan 26, 2004
A Voice in the Wilderness Jan 22, 2004
Race Matters Dec 18, 2003
Truth Comes to the Surface Nov 18, 2003
Learning and Education in Trinidad and Tobago Posted: Nov 13, 2003
Talking Lloyd and Saying Nothing - Part 2 Posted: Nov 13, 2003
Trinidad and Tobago Instiute of Technology: A Racket Exposed Sept 30, 2003
Challenges That Face UWI Posted: Sept 30, 2003
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing Sept 26, 2003
Playing with the Truth Sept 26, 2003
Afro-Trinbagonians, Racism and the Education System Sept 19, 2003
Taking Care of Our People's Business July 31, 2003
Knowing Ourselves April 09, 2003
One Way of Reading "Somebody Blew Up America" December 14, 2002
Truth in Advertising; Or, What's in a Name? Novenber 22, 2002
Political Parties and their Contributions May 09, 2002
Stop the Savage Attacks on the Mannings April 29, 2002
T & T Literature Project & NAEAP Vacation School April 11, 2002
Vignettes of Trinidad and Tobago April 08, 2002
Touching a Nerve December 20, 2001
Crisis petition to the President December 20, 2001
African People And Money November 10, 2001
V.S. Naipaul: A Materialist Reading October 30, 2001
From the Other World October 22, 2001
Awaiting the Final Call October 14, 2001
Thinking the Impossible October 04, 2001
Amazing scenes September 30, 2001
The war chant September 23, 2001
Sat Maharaj's Intellectual Blindness September 17, 2001
Greed at a base level September 16, 2001
The right foot forward September 09, 2001
The chief cornerstone September 02, 2001
Global civil rights in action August 26, 2001
Ramesh's hubris! August 19, 2001
Sight and insight August 12, 2001
Panday's hysteria August 05, 2001
In defence of freedom July 29, 2001
The new beau July 22, 2001
'Help thou, my unbelief' July 15, 2001
Bhoe: The Blessed One July 08, 2001
Identity and Caribbean Literature June 24, 2001
PNM's Opportunities June 24, 2001
Honouring Lloyd Best on Father's Day June 17, 2001
Listen to this, Sir Ellis June 10, 2001
Cudjoe answers critics June 4, 2001
Govt turns a deaf ear June 3, 2001
Whose Mantle Of Leadership? June 1, 2001
Cockroach in fowl party May 27, 2001
Good work Trinicenter.com May 20, 2001
Women from Whose Loins I Sprang May 13, 2001
Abdullah's Dirty Underpants May 6, 2001
Race, Nation, Identity: The Case for the N.A.E.A.P May 4, 2001
In Chandroutie's defence April 29, 2001
Constitutional Reform Movement? April 28, 2001
Chandroutie's cry of desperation April 22, 2001
The new Aryans April 08, 2001
N.A.E.A.P. April 04, 2001
Afro-Trinbagonias: No Longer Blinded by Our Eyes April 01, 2001
Courts will remove Gypsy and Chaitan April 01, 2001
Black Empowerment Day March 25, 2001
End of the UNC regime March 18, 2001
In Times Like These March 11, 2001
The beggar maid March 4, 2001
BLACK EMPOWERMENT DAY March 28, 2001
Ramesh's false knowledge Feb 25, 2001
Consent and persuasion Feb 18, 2001
Your country needs you Feb 11, 2001
Ramesh's strategy Feb 4, 2001
UNC same as Jamaat Jan 28, 2001
PNM's big failure Jan 21, 2001
The power of truth Jan 14, 2001
Thank you, Your Excellency Jan 7, 2001
Justice and fairness Dec 31, 2000
Fooling some of the people Dec 24, 2000
A Sad Day Dec 17, 2000
Narrating the Nation: Naming the Land
Understanding Nature: Knowing Ourselves
Christ's African roots April 22, 2000
African Rising August 8, 1999

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