An invaluable addition to the existing literature on the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean

This collection of writings addresses such themes as race, politics, multiculturalism, the Black Church, parenting and the Bible

Drawing on years of research, political activism and mature reflection, eight of the nation’s leading thinkers deliberate on the issues of governance since independence on 31st August 1962

Analysis of the relationship between a lack of effective communication and the perpetuation of poverty in the Caribbean

Possibly the first major work whose primary focus is the lives of Caribbean peoples living in New York

This book explores why corruption exists, how governments are addressing the problem and includes the emerging law on the subject, including the law on bribery, misconduct in public office and judicial misconduct and contemporary anticorruption legislation

Sir Shridath Ramphal offers important philosophical insights into a number of critical issues relevant to the achievement of the objectives of Caribbean integration

This book traces the tradition of Caribbean publishing in Britain, starting in the nineteenth century with the revolutionary Jamaican Robert Wedderburn

A unique study showing how this popular Caribbean spirit beverage not only has a social and cultural significance but has also been the subject of a number of political decisions by governments in the Caribbean, the USA and Europe.

The first full-length biography of this great Antiguan and Barbudan political leader which concludes with some reflections on the meaning of his successes and failures for postcolonial transformation not only in Antigua and Barbuda but also for the wider Caribbean

A bold, fresh and honest approach to the problems that exist inside the Black community

This book explores the role of cricket in shaping Indo-Guyanese identity, from Ranji’s example, to the mercurial genius of Rohan Kanhai

A collection of brief biographies depicting historical Black leaders

The maritime dispute between Guyana and Suriname, which came to a head with the resort to force by Suriname in 2000, threatened not only relations between the two countries but also the peace and stability of the wider maritime area of the Caribbean

This work looks at the forces and methods used by the Europeans in what the author calls the “de-Africanisation of the Africans” and the creation of the West Indians

An essential resource book that introduces teachers in the Commonwealth Caribbean to various aspects of Theatre Arts

This impressive study of 200 years of theatre in Guyana is a fascinating work which includes a compilation of related articles extracted from local journals dating back to the early 19th century

This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of the African-Guyanese from the time of their arrival in what were then Dutch colonies in the first half of the seventeenth century, to the present day

This anthology of essays provides glimpses of a remarkable career and has been written by persons who worked with Shridath Ramphal or have researched his many contributions to the Caribbean, the Commonwealth and the global community, and to internationalism

Born in Britain in 1920 to a Jamaican father and an English mother, Dr Alan Goffe was one of a group of microbiologists who helped develop and improve vaccines designed to fight polio and measles

An insight into one of the most disturbing and under-reported issues to affect ethnic minorities in the UK

A socio-anthropological study of the wake and waking habits that early Tobago folk practiced during their funerary rites

An essential text for students and scholars of Black history featuring over 1,000 biographies of historical and contemporary Black figures

Ira Aldridge was the first Black actor to play white roles and was acknowledged as “the world’s most celebrated interpreter of Shakespeare” during his lifetime

Written in engaging and persuasive prose, this wide-ranging book sweeps away several religious, cultural, social and historical cobwebs and is, in short, an education on India

A collection of interviews with members (and opponents) of the PPP, and with commentators who observed the Party closely

Of the 700 books on dyslexia in the British Library, apparently not one is written by a Black author and none deals with the issue of race and culture - until now!

A collection of commentaries and biographies featuring a distinguished group of Black theorists, writers and influential social revolutionaries

This concise book examines the social, cultural and political aspects of Guyana’s troubled history

A collection of speeches made by one of the dominant figures in the political life of Barbados and the wider Caribbean