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  35. <title>Event celebrates Caribbean sound system culture</title>
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  44. <description><![CDATA[Yvonne Brissett &#38; Oprah Flash (BBC News) reports that, in the United Kingdom, Birmingham hosted an event celebrating Caribbean sound system culture: World Bash UK. It’s a musical tradition that was brought to the country by the Windrush generation in the 1950s and has a solid foundation in the West Midlands. It comprises groups of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  53. <p><strong>Yvonne Brissett &amp; Oprah Flash (<em><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wzx0279ymo">BBC News</a></em>) reports that, in the United Kingdom, Birmingham hosted an event celebrating Caribbean sound system culture: World Bash UK.</strong></p>
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  56.  
  57. <p>It’s a musical tradition that was brought to the country by the Windrush generation in the 1950s and has a solid foundation in the West Midlands. It comprises groups of DJs, engineers and MCs, using huge loudspeakers and amplifiers to enhance the deep bass of reggae music, whilst performing to big audiences. On Sunday, an event, World Bash UK, will celebrate the culture at Birmingham&#8217;s O2 Academy hosting a number of international artists.</p>
  58.  
  59.  
  60.  
  61. <p>The trend originated in Kingston, Jamaica, in the middle of the 20th Century. It offered a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35292426">safe haven for those of Caribbean heritage in the UK</a>, as they often found pubs and clubs to be hostile environments. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43782241">Windrush Generation</a>&nbsp;refers to the 500,000 people who were invited to the UK and left the West Indies between 1948 and 1971 to help rebuild Britain after it was ravaged by World War Two.</p>
  62.  
  63.  
  64.  
  65. <p>Sound system built on the experiences of the Windrush Generation who created their own parties known as blues &#8211; somewhere they could unwind and relax. Luv Injection, which was formed in 1986, is one of the city’s longest running sound systems. Its founder Winston Mexican said: “When they came to England, there were no sound systems here so people built sound systems to reconnect back to Jamaica.”</p>
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  68.  
  69. <p>During the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Handsworth in Birmingham was the go-to spot where many of the original sound systems, including Mafia tone and Wassifa Showcase, played at house parties to entertain crowds until the early hours of the morning. Marvin Elliott, of Empire Sound, said: “To keep the music alive, all we’re doing is trying to transition the music from that generation to this generation.”</p>
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  71.  
  72.  
  73. <p>World Bash UK will feature key players including Bass Odyssey, LP International, Bodyguard, Code Red, Dynamq, Killamanjaro, David Rodigan, Saxon,Empire Sound, Luv Injection and V Rocket International.</p>
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  75.  
  76.  
  77. <p>Organisers have said it’s the first time ever so many international world-renowned sound-systems will be under one roof together in the UK, and the West Midlands is the natural home for the event.</p>
  78.  
  79.  
  80.  
  81. <p>The founder of World Bash UK, Garfield ‘Chin’ Bourne, said: “People want to keep that connection with their culture, even if they don’t live in Jamaica or the Caribbean, they still want to be able to witness the Caribbean culture in the cities and towns that they reside in.”</p>
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  85. <p>For original post &amp; photos, see <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wzx0279ymo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wzx0279ymo</a></p>
  86.  
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  88.  
  89. <p>Also see <a href="https://thephoenixnewspaper.com/world-bash-uk-to-celebrate-the-best-of-the-soundsystems">https://thephoenixnewspaper.com/world-bash-uk-to-celebrate-the-best-of-the-soundsystems</a></p>
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  93. <p>[Photo above: Selector, Mop Head from Killamanjaro.]</p>
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  108. <title>New Book: “La espina que florece”</title>
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  113. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 15:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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  121. <description><![CDATA[La espina que florece [The Thorn that Blooms], published by Isla Negra Editores in 2023, is a new collection of poems by Carlos Roberto Gómez Beras. The book will be launched and discussed at the University of Puerto Rico-Humacao (at the Amphitheater of Administrative Sciences) on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 10:30am (EST). The presenters [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  130. <p><strong><em>La espina que florece</em></strong><strong> [The Thorn that Blooms], published by Isla Negra Editores in 2023, is a new collection of poems by Carlos Roberto Gómez Beras. The book will be launched and discussed at the University of Puerto Rico-Humacao (at the Amphitheater of Administrative Sciences) on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, at 10:30am (EST). The presenters will be professors Alinaluz Santiago Torres and Ana A. Marchena Segarra. Puerto Rican writer Ana María Fuster-Lavín explains:</strong></p>
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  134. <p>“In this new collection of poems, award-winning Caribbean writer Carlos Roberto Gómez Beras discusses ‘the unfathomable mystery of beauty,’ from his infinite creativity and profound sensitivity and reveals to us the divine Trinity of origin, essence, and the word, which divides into Heaven-Axis-Earth—or rather God/Love/Soul. This book seduces us and invites us to a reflective journey through his poetic gospel, with verses free of metaphorical make-up and stripped of the ordinary. These texts, which ‘speak silences,’ travel like parables from the genesis of his faith—in God, poetry, the universal essence—towards the epicenter of man—another triad: to love, to fall in love, her—to, finally, arrive at its soul, or its essence, which blooms in new triptychs that define life, without offering explanations, because good literature is always a challenge, a flower that emerges from the solitary immensity of the word and its thorns, where the ‘body is a scar from a fall from the sky.’ The enigma of Poetry passes through the poems of one of the most genuine and outstanding voices in Antillean literature.”</p>
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  138. <p>VOYEUR</p>
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  142. <p>El lenguaje se abre como una puerta.</p>
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  144.  
  145.  
  146. <p>El lenguaje se cierra como una navaja.</p>
  147.  
  148.  
  149.  
  150. <p>(El signo es el intento de un intento.)</p>
  151.  
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  153.  
  154. <p>De este lado estoy yo, fingiendo que escribo.</p>
  155.  
  156.  
  157.  
  158. <p>De aquel lado estás tú, fingiendo que lees.</p>
  159.  
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  161.  
  162. <p>(¿Dónde está Dios en este poema?)</p>
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  165.  
  166. <p>La vida se queda en las palabras.</p>
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  169.  
  170. <p>La muerte se marcha en los silencios.</p>
  171.  
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  173.  
  174. <p>(Desear es abrazar lo que ya no vuelve.)</p>
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  177.  
  178. <p>La poesía se asoma en el umbral de los desechos.</p>
  179.  
  180.  
  181.  
  182. <p>Dios sólo contempla y calla.</p>
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  185.  
  186. <p>VOYEUR</p>
  187.  
  188.  
  189.  
  190. <p>Language opens like a door.</p>
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  192.  
  193.  
  194. <p>Language closes like a blade.</p>
  195.  
  196.  
  197.  
  198. <p>(The sign is the attempt of an attempt.)</p>
  199.  
  200.  
  201.  
  202. <p>I am, on this side, pretending to write.</p>
  203.  
  204.  
  205.  
  206. <p>You are, on that side, pretending to read.</p>
  207.  
  208.  
  209.  
  210. <p>(Where is God in this poem?)</p>
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  213.  
  214. <p>Life remains in words.</p>
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  217.  
  218. <p>Death leaves in the silences.</p>
  219.  
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  221.  
  222. <p>(To desire is to embrace what will no longer return.)</p>
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  225.  
  226. <p>Poetry appears at the threshold of flotsam.</p>
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  228.  
  229.  
  230. <p>God just watches and remains silent.</p>
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  234. <p>Translations above by Ivette Romero. For the original text, and purchasing information, visit <a href="https://librerialaberintopr.com/products/la-espina-que-florece-carlos-roberto-gomez-beras">https://librerialaberintopr.com/products/la-espina-que-florece-carlos-roberto-gomez-beras</a></p>
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  249. <title>The A.I. boom makes millions for an unlikely industry player: Anguilla</title>
  250. <link>https://repeatingislands.com/2024/05/06/the-a-i-boom-makes-millions-for-an-unlikely-industry-player-anguilla/</link>
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  254. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 15:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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  261. <description><![CDATA[Emma Bubola (The New York Times) writes about Anguilla: “the small Caribbean territory brought in $32 million last year, more than 10 percent of its G.D.P., from companies registering web addresses that end in .ai.” [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Artificial intelligence’s integration into everyday life has stirred [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  266. <p></p>
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  270. <p><strong>Emma Bubola (<em><strong><em><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/business/artificial-intelligence-anguilla.html">The New York Times</a></em></strong></em>) writes about Anguilla: “the small Caribbean territory brought in $32 million last year, more than 10 percent of its G.D.P., from companies registering web addresses that end in .ai.” [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]</strong></p>
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  274. <p>Artificial intelligence’s integration into everyday life has stirred up doubts and unsettling questions for many about humanity’s path forward. But in Anguilla, a tiny Caribbean island to the east of Puerto Rico, the A.I. boom has made the country a fortune.</p>
  275.  
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  278. <p>The British territory collects a fee from every registration for internet addresses that end in “.ai,” which happens to be the domain name assigned to the island, like “.fr” for France and “.jp” for Japan. With companies wanting internet addresses that communicate they are at the forefront of the A.I. boom — like Elon Musk’s X.ai website for his artificial intelligence company — Anguilla has recently received a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/custom-urls.html">huge influx in requests for domain names</a>.</p>
  279.  
  280.  
  281.  
  282. <p>For each domain registration, Anguilla’s government gets anywhere from $140 to thousands of dollars from website names sold at auctions, according to government data. Last year, Anguilla’s government made about $32 million from those fees. That amounted to more than 10 percent of gross domestic product for the territory of almost 16,000 people and 35 square miles.</p>
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  285.  
  286. <p>“Some people call it a windfall,” Anguilla’s premier, Ellis Webster, said. “We just call it God smiling down on us.” Mr. Webster said the government used the money to provide free health care for citizens 70 and older, and it has committed millions of dollars to finish building a school and a vocational training center. The government has also allocated funds to improve its airport; doubled its budget for sports activities, events and facilities; and increased the budget for citizens seeking medical treatment overseas, he said.</p>
  287.  
  288.  
  289.  
  290. <p>The island, which relies heavily on tourism, had been hard hit by the pandemic’s restrictions on travel and a devastating hurricane in 2017. The .ai domain income was the boost the country needed. “We never thought that it would have this potential,” Mr. Webster said.</p>
  291.  
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  293.  
  294. <p>Anguilla’s control of .ai dates back to the early days of the internet when nations and territories were assigned their slice of cyberspace. Anguilla received .ai, and its government, whose own site is <a href="http://www.gov.ai." rel="nofollow">http://www.gov.ai.</a>, did not make much of it until the domain names started bringing in millions. Officials are uncertain how long the boon will last, but they predicted 2024 would bring in similar income as last year from domain names.</p>
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  297.  
  298. <p>It is not the first bonanza to make a big difference to a grateful domain owner. Tuvalu, a string of islands northeast of Australia,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/04/business/tiny-tuvalu-profits-from-web-name.html#:~:text=Tuvalu%2C%20a%20string%20of%20islands,in%20Canada%2C%20changed%20all%20that">sold the rights</a>&nbsp;to its suffix, “.tv,” to a Canadian entrepreneur for $50 million, and used the money to put electricity on the outer islands, create scholarships and finance the process to join the United Nations.</p>
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  301.  
  302. <p>The South Pacific island of Niue, on the other hand, gave an American businessman the rights to its “.nu” suffix in the 1990s in exchange for connecting it to the internet. The island later&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/world/asia/niue-nu-domain-sweden.html">claimed to have been cheated</a>&nbsp;out of cash that came through the sale of the domain name to thousands of Scandinavians attracted by the suffix “nu,” which means “now” in Swedish, Danish and Dutch.</p>
  303.  
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  305.  
  306. <p>But Anguilla realized early enough that it could not let this unexpected jackpot slip away. “It’s just lucky for us,”&nbsp;Mr. Webster said.</p>
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  310. <p>For original article, see <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/business/artificial-intelligence-anguilla.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/business/artificial-intelligence-anguilla.html</a></p>
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  325. <title>Third Horizon Film Festival at PAMM</title>
  326. <link>https://repeatingislands.com/2024/05/06/third-horizon-film-festival-at-pamm/</link>
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  330. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
  331. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  332. <category><![CDATA[Caribbean cinema]]></category>
  333. <category><![CDATA[Caribbean film]]></category>
  334. <category><![CDATA[Film]]></category>
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  336.  
  337. <description><![CDATA[Join the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)&#8217;s Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI) and Third Horizon Film Festival for the world premiere of the Short Films of Third Horizon Forward and after party: Third Horizon Forward Opening Night at PAMM: Short Films of Third Horizon Forward &#38; Locals Only DJ Sets, on Thursday, May 9, from 7:00 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  340.  
  341.  
  342. <p></p>
  343.  
  344.  
  345.  
  346. <p><strong>Join the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)&#8217;s Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI) and Third Horizon Film Festival for the world premiere of the Short Films of Third Horizon Forward and after party: Third Horizon Forward Opening Night at PAMM: Short Films of Third Horizon Forward &amp; Locals Only DJ Sets, on Thursday, May 9, from 7:00 to 11:00pm.</strong></p>
  347.  
  348.  
  349.  
  350. <p><strong>Films</strong>:</p>
  351.  
  352.  
  353.  
  354. <p><strong><em>Boat People</em></strong>&nbsp;by Al&#8217;ikens Plancher&nbsp;(2024 / US, Haiti / 10 mins)<br><strong><em>Te amo tanto, pero eres tan difícil</em></strong>&nbsp;by Berenicé Brino&nbsp;(2024 / US / 12 mins)<br><strong><em>Art: By Any Means Necessary</em></strong>&nbsp;by Rachelle Salnave&nbsp;(2024 / US, Haiti, Guadeloupe / 29 mins)<br><strong><em>Summon</em>&nbsp;</strong>by Nile Saulter and Shamar Watt&nbsp;(2024 / US, Jamaica / 9 mins)<br><strong><em>Sol y mar</em></strong>&nbsp;by Greko Sklavounos&nbsp;(2024 / US / 18 mins)<br><strong><em>Ana y la distancia</em></strong>&nbsp;by Hansel Porras García&nbsp;(2024 / US, Cuba / 10 mins)<br><br><strong>Description</strong>: Start your evening with the Short Films of Third Horizon Forward followed by a short conversation with the featured filmmakers. Continue your night on the waterfront terrace for a Locals Only DJ Set featuring Pressure Point and Le Poodle playing live from a traditional dancehall format sound system. Local organizations and artists including Bookleggers, Love the Everglades, Miami Dade Public Library AV Club, and Najja Moon will activate the terrace in celebration of opening night.</p>
  355.  
  356.  
  357.  
  358. <p><strong>Schedule:</strong></p>
  359.  
  360.  
  361.  
  362. <p>7–9pm<br>Short Films of Third Horizon Forward and Filmmaker Conversation<br>in the Auditorium</p>
  363.  
  364.  
  365.  
  366. <p>9–11pm<br>Locals Only DJ Sets and Activations<br>on the East Portico</p>
  367.  
  368.  
  369.  
  370. <p><strong>Short Films of Third Horizon Forward</strong>: Launched in 2023, Third Horizon Forward is an initiative created for filmmakers working out of Miami who trace their lineage to the Caribbean, to interrogate and explore the culture, character, spirit, people, and legacy of the region through film. These short films have an authentic, enduring, and vital connection to the region Third Horizon calls home.</p>
  371.  
  372.  
  373.  
  374. <p>For more information, see <a href="https://www.pamm.org/en/event/third-horizon-film-festival-opening-night-at-pamm-short-films-of-third-horizon-forward-locals-only-dj-sets">https://www.pamm.org/en/event/third-horizon-film-festival-opening-night-at-pamm-short-films-of-third-horizon-forward-locals-only-dj-sets</a></p>
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  389. <title>“School of Instructions” Shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize</title>
  390. <link>https://repeatingislands.com/2024/05/06/school-of-instructions-shortlisted-for-the-griffin-poetry-prize/</link>
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  394. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
  395. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  396. <category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
  397. <category><![CDATA[Ishion Hutchinson]]></category>
  398. <category><![CDATA[Jamaica]]></category>
  399. <category><![CDATA[Jamaican poets]]></category>
  400. <category><![CDATA[Literature]]></category>
  401. <category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
  402. <category><![CDATA[school-of-instructions]]></category>
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  405. <description><![CDATA[Ishion Hutchinson&#8217;s School of Instructions (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023)—which has been described as “a stunning memorial work that excavates the forgotten experience of West Indian soldiers during World War I”—has been shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. See the shortlist below, followed by more information on the book. Here is the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist: [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  408.  
  409.  
  410. <p></p>
  411.  
  412.  
  413.  
  414. <p><strong>Ishion Hutchinson&#8217;s <em>School of Instructions</em> (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023)—which has been described as “a stunning memorial work that excavates the forgotten experience of West Indian soldiers during World War I”—has been shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. See the shortlist below, followed by more information on the book.</strong></p>
  415.  
  416.  
  417.  
  418. <p><strong>Here is the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist:</strong></p>
  419.  
  420.  
  421.  
  422. <ul>
  423. <li><em>A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails</em>, Amelia M. Glaser (USA) and Yuliya Ilchuk (Ukraine), translated from the Ukrainian written by Halyna Kruk (Ukraine), Arrowsmith Press</li>
  424.  
  425.  
  426.  
  427. <li><em>To 2040</em> by Jorie Graham (USA), Copper Canyon Press</li>
  428.  
  429.  
  430.  
  431. <li><em>School of Instructions</em> by Ishion Hutchinson (Jamaica), Faber &amp; Faber, and Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux</li>
  432.  
  433.  
  434.  
  435. <li>Door by Ann Lauterbach (USA), Penguin Books</li>
  436.  
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  438.  
  439. <li><em>Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence</em> by Homero Aridjis (Mexico), translated from the Spanish by George McWhirter (Canada/Northern Ireland), New Directions Publishing</li>
  440. </ul>
  441.  
  442.  
  443.  
  444. <p><strong><br><em>School of Instructions</em>:</strong> Deep-dyed in language both sensuous and biblical, Ishion Hutchinson&#8217;s <em>School of Instructions</em> memorializes the experience of West Indian soldiers volunteering in British regiments in the Middle East during World War I. The poem narrates the psychic and physical terrors of these young Black fighters in as they struggle against the colonial power they served; their story overlaps with that of Godspeed, a schoolboy living in rural Jamaica of the 1990s. This visionary collision, in which the horizontal, documentary shape of the narrative is interrupted by sudden lyric effusions, unsettles both time and event, mapping great moments of heroism onto the trials of everyday existence It reshapes grand gestures of heroism in a music of supple, vigilant intensity.<br><br>Elegiac, epochal and lyrical, <em>School of Instructions</em> confronts the legacy of imperial silencing and weaves shards of remembrance—&#8221;your word mass / your mix match / your jamming of elements&#8221;—into a unique form of survival. It is a masterpiece of imaginative recuperation by a poet of prodigious gifts.</p>
  445.  
  446.  
  447.  
  448. <p>Farrar, Straus and Giroux</p>
  449.  
  450.  
  451.  
  452. <p>ISBN</p>
  453.  
  454.  
  455.  
  456. <p>9780374610272</p>
  457.  
  458.  
  459.  
  460. <p>For more on the prize, see <a href="https://griffinpoetryprize.com/press/2024-shortlist-announcement/">https://griffinpoetryprize.com/press/2024-shortlist-announcement/</a></p>
  461.  
  462.  
  463.  
  464. <p>For more information on the book, see <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610272/schoolofinstructions">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610272/schoolofinstructions</a></p>
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  479. <title>Exhibition: Shansi Miller “J’Ouvert”</title>
  480. <link>https://repeatingislands.com/2024/05/06/exhibition-shansi-miller-jouvert/</link>
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  484. <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2024 14:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
  485. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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  487.  
  488. <description><![CDATA[St. Thomas-born artist Shansi Miller is now showing the exhibition “J’Ouvert” until the end of May at Bajo El Sol Gallery in Mongoose Junction, St. John, USVI. Description (from Bajo el Sol): Throughout the month of May&#160;we will be featuring new work by&#160;Shansi Miller.&#160;Miller&#160;was born and raised on the island of St. Thomas and is [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  491.  
  492.  
  493. <p></p>
  494.  
  495.  
  496.  
  497. <p><strong>St. Thomas-born artist Shansi Miller is now showing the exhibition “J’Ouvert” until the end of May at Bajo El Sol Gallery in Mongoose Junction, St. John, USVI.</strong></p>
  498.  
  499.  
  500.  
  501. <p><strong>Description (from Bajo el Sol):</strong> Throughout the month of May&nbsp;we will be featuring new work by&nbsp;Shansi Miller.&nbsp;Miller&nbsp;was born and raised on the island of St. Thomas and is celebrated for her ability to capture the vibrancy of the V.I. culture in which she was raised. She is best known as an oil painter whose photorealist narrative works are an ongoing exploration of the nuances of Creole identity and history on her home island.<br>&nbsp;<br>Her pieces, which are highly sought after by local and mainland collectors, are immediately distinguishable by their careful execution, intricate details, compositional complexity,&nbsp;and rich narratives.<br><br>Shansi began her formal studies with the artist and teacher Tom Saint<br>Vincent.&nbsp;&nbsp;Later she studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. before returning to the Virgin Islands and continuing her studies.&nbsp;Shansi has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, broadening her artistic scope as her skills as a storyteller.<br><br>The majority of Shansi&#8217;s pieces currently on display at Bajo El Sol Gallery are a series of studies done for a large narrative oil painting titled &#8216;J&#8217;ouvert.&#8217; The series gives a rare glimpse into the artist&#8217;s meticulous process &#8211; the many variations and stagings conceived of with local models before a final work is complete. The details in each study also speak to the artist&#8217;s technical mastery and her uncommon ability to capture the intrinsic joy and communal revelry of the Virgin Islands&#8217; festival arts traditions. In &#8216;Jouvert&#8217; and its studies, each individual figure is bursting with inner life while also contributing to the proud and deeply-felt sense of heritage embodied in the collective fete. Happy St. Thomas Carnival to all!&nbsp;</p>
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  518. <title>HCX presents “Mizik Ayiti!” (TODAY)</title>
  519. <link>https://repeatingislands.com/2024/05/04/hcx-presents-mizik-ayiti-today/</link>
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  523. <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 17:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
  524. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  525. <category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
  526. <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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  528.  
  529. <description><![CDATA[Join the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) in celebrating Haitian Heritage Month this May with “Mizik Ayiti!” featuring Tiga Jean-Baptiste and his band, on Saturday, May 4, at 2:30 pm. They will present a mix of Haitian and Shona music from Zimbabwe, or “Shona Kreyòl.” The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located at [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  532.  
  533.  
  534. <p></p>
  535.  
  536.  
  537.  
  538. <p><strong>Join the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Haiti Cultural Exchange (HCX) in celebrating Haitian Heritage Month this May with “Mizik Ayiti!” featuring Tiga Jean-Baptiste and his band, on Saturday, May 4, at 2:30 pm. They will present a mix of Haitian and Shona music from Zimbabwe, or “Shona Kreyòl.” The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is located at 990 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.</strong></p>
  539.  
  540.  
  541.  
  542. <p><strong>Tiga Jean-Baptiste</strong>&nbsp;began drumming at a very young age at various events in Haiti with his father Bonga, master of the Haitian drum. With the help of famed Haitian Jazz saxophonist Thurgot Théodat, he soon began to master a variety of Haitian wind instruments as well as the Australian didgeridoo and the Mbira from the Shona people of Zimbabwe.&nbsp;</p>
  543.  
  544.  
  545.  
  546. <p>Staying true to his Haitian roots, Tiga has worked with many of Haiti’s most respected artists, including Emeline Michel, Jean-Paul Bourelly and Bonga. He has also successfully ventured outside of tradition, performing with artists from Zimbabwe: Thomas Mapfumo, Stella Chiweshe and Chiwoniso Maraire. He has blessed the stage with Grammy award winning artists John Legend, Grace Jones and Wyclef Jean.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
  547.  
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  550. <p>With his band this artist’s versatility radiates. Tchaka, a traditional Haitian dish, is created by mixing various ingredients together. The band is a mix of Haitian as well as Shona music from Zimbabwe, or “Shona Kreyòl.”  The myriad styles Tiga has mastered are blended to create a rich musical landscape, as delicious and satisfying as the dish. Get ready for some Feel Good Music!&nbsp;</p>
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  554. <p>For more information, see <a href="https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mizik-ayiti-with-tiga-jean-baptiste/">https://haiticulturalx.org/event/mizik-ayiti-with-tiga-jean-baptiste/</a></p>
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  569. <title>New Book: “The Great Divide”</title>
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  574. <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 17:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
  575. <category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
  576. <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
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  583. <description><![CDATA[Cristina Henríquez’s The Great Divide: A Novel was published by Ecco (an imprint of HarperCollins) in March 2024: “A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there.” [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]   Description: It [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  592. <p><strong>Cristina Henríquez’s <em>The Great Divide: A Novel</em> was published by Ecco (an imprint of HarperCollins) in March 2024: “A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there.” [Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.]  </strong></p>
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  596. <p><strong>Description: </strong>It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built. For Francisco, a local fisherman who resents the foreign powers clamoring for a slice of his country, nothing is more upsetting than the decision of his son, Omar, to work as a digger in the excavation zone. But for Omar, whose upbringing was quiet and lonely, this job offers a chance to finally find connection.</p>
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  600. <p>Ada Bunting is a bold sixteen-year-old from Barbados who arrives in Panama as a stowaway alongside thousands of other West Indians seeking work. Alone and with no resources, she is determined to find a job that will earn enough money for her ailing sister’s surgery. When she sees a young man—Omar—who has collapsed after a grueling shift, she is the only one who rushes to his aid.</p>
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  604. <p>John Oswald has dedicated his life to scientific research and has journeyed to Panama in single-minded pursuit of one goal: eliminating malaria. But now, his wife, Marian, has fallen ill herself, and when he witnesses Ada’s bravery and compassion, he hires her on the spot as a caregiver. This fateful decision sets in motion a sweeping tale of ambition, loyalty, and sacrifice.&nbsp;</p>
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  608. <p>Searing and empathetic, <em>The Great Divide</em>&nbsp;explores the intersecting lives of activists, fishmongers, laborers, journalists, neighbors, doctors, and soothsayers—those rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.</p>
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  612. <p><strong>Cristina Henríquez</strong> is the author of four books, including the recently published&nbsp;<em>The Great Divide</em>,&nbsp;which was a TODAY Show Read With Jenna Pick. <em>The Great Divide</em> is a fictional retelling of the building of the Panama Canal, featuring a cast of characters rarely acknowledged by history even as they carved out its course.&nbsp;</p>
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  616. <p>Her novel <em>The Book of Unknown Americans</em> was a New York Times Notable Book of 2014 and one of <em>Amazon’s</em> 10 Best Books of the Year. It was the <em>Daily Beast</em> Novel of the Year, a <em>Washington Pos</em>t&nbsp;Notable Book,&nbsp;an <em>NPR</em> Great Read, a Target Book of the Month selection, and was chosen one of the best books of the year by <em>BookPage</em>, <em>Oprah.com</em>, and School Library Journal. It was longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.<br><br>Henriquez is also the author of <em>The World in Half</em> (a novel), and <em>Come Together, Fall Apart: A Novella and Stories</em>, which was a <em>New York Times</em>&nbsp;Editors’ Choice selection. [. . .]</p>
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  620. <p>Read more on the author&#8217;s website: <a href="https://www.cristinahenriquez.com">https://www.cristinahenriquez.com</a></p>
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  624. <p><em>The Great Divide: A Novel</em><br>Cristina Henriquez<br>Ecco, March 2024<br>336 pages<br>ISBN 978-0063291324</p>
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  628. <p>For more information, see <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-great-divide-cristina-henriquez">https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-great-divide-cristina-henriquez</a><br><br>See book reviews here:<br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publishersweekly.com%2F9780063291324&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313791349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uwJ1gOp2DMzY8C1SRgrG%2FbxUQeBCry5nVx5hVBb3JRI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780063291324</a><br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbooks%2F2024%2F03%2F14%2Fgreat-divide-historical-fiction-review&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313795141%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5UpIsSwI%2BDdfIGAjXaL6UP0FuMasbzW2lkCi73qf6b0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/14/great-divide-historical-fiction-review</a><br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F03%2F05%2Fbooks%2Fbooksupdate%2Fcristina-henriquez-the-great-divide.html&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313798992%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=s%2FSJDqqLGq8ffL72Y34NYRDiO78xr57ZibUEBE%2BUIU8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/books/booksupdate/cristina-henriquez-the-great-divide.html</a><br><br>See Interviews here:<br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2024%2F04%2F17%2F1197956297%2Fthe-great-divide&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313802917%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9VRH8AgijmqYM2J%2FLFdF7dokLfHlibeJnrO6sAL3q6s%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1197956297/the-great-divide</a><br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2F2024%2F03%2F20%2Fcristina-henriquez-great-divide&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313806730%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=PFPI8FWEiKkrjhIPyP0PRp%2FHBLnDHXRgcp8%2BsW0fqoU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/20/cristina-henriquez-great-divide</a><br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DijplksljacQ&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313810618%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=rVqu9Jn%2BOory%2FNP9Q9%2BrVvGKMtcgmSIc10RhxBcocvg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijplksljacQ</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Barnes &amp; Noble)<br><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4bL-hfDW_Os&amp;data=05%7C02%7CIvette.Romero%40marist.edu%7Cc53f2d942dee470a57de08dc602e1994%7C14a1af9eb28c4b27b24325c33db6fffa%7C0%7C0%7C638490998313816892%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jIF1uNSSLsQJzyC6S4Gtzwsq02f70EHV%2BvA4tdE8Tbo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bL-hfDW_Os</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Books Are Magic)</p>
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  643. <title>The Carretera Granma: One of the most spectacular drives in Cuba</title>
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  648. <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 15:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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  660. <description><![CDATA[[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Claire Boobbyer (BBC) writes about the impressive Carretera Granma, providing breathtaking photos of the road’s highlights and historical landmarks. Boobbyer says, “Few travellers venture to Cuba&#8217;s south-eastern corner, but a little-known road offers a fascinating – and stunning – glimpse of the nation&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  669. <p><a><strong>[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] </strong></a><strong>Claire Boobbyer (<em><a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240416-the-carretera-granma-one-of-the-most-spectacular-drives-in-cuba">BBC</a></em>) writes about the impressive Carretera Granma, providing breathtaking photos of the road’s highlights and historical landmarks. Boobbyer says, “Few travellers venture to Cuba&#8217;s south-eastern corner, but a little-known road offers a fascinating – and stunning – glimpse of the nation&#8217;s revolutionary past.” Who wants to come with me?</strong></p>
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  673. <p>[. . .] Tracing the edge of eastern Cuba&#8217;s foot-shaped Granma province, this back road, which Cubans call the&nbsp;Carretera Granma&nbsp;(or the southern coastal road), is so isolated that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953">Fidel Castro</a>, who launched his&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19583447">grass-roots revolution</a>&nbsp;against the nation&#8217;s US-backed president Fulgencio Batista here in 1956, only returned to the area once in his lifetime. The province is named after the 18m motor yacht Castro sailed from his exiled home in Mexico back to Cuba to overthrow the government. After crash-landing almost 100m offshore and thrashing their way through more than 1km of thick mangroves near this very road, Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other revolutionaries set about making modern-day Cuba.&nbsp;</p>
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  677. <p>On paper, it makes sense for travellers wishing to go from Granma&#8217;s capital, Bayamo, to Cuba&#8217;s second city, Santiago de Cuba, to drive some 130km along the central highway. But this remote – and at times, rough – road that slaloms between the turquoise ocean and the steep slopes of the Sierra Maestra mountains on Cuba&#8217;s southern edge is so magnificent in parts that it leaves drivers and passengers gawping in awe. In 25 years of travelling to the country, I&#8217;ve found it to be the most spectacular road trip in Cuba, and driving it reveals fascinating snapshots of the nation&#8217;s revolutionary history alongside the jaw-dropping views.</p>
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  681. <p>My trip would take me 420km in all, from Bayamo west to the coast, and then tracing Granma&#8217;s triangular shape anticlockwise to Santiago de Cuba. I&#8217;d driven this road alone before, but because of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67922246">Cuba&#8217;s ongoing fuel shortages</a>, I booked a second driver, Rafa González, through&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bayamotravelagent.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bayamo Travel Agent</a>. [. . .]</p>
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  685. <p><strong>Driving in Cuba</strong></p>
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  689. <p><a href="https://www.rentcarcuba.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Transtur</a>&nbsp;is Cuba&#8217;s state-run car hire service, though&nbsp;<a href="https://novelacuba.com/en/car-rentals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Novela Car</a>&nbsp;is another popular car-hire aggregator and cars hired through them come with a full tank of petrol that doesn&#8217;t need refilling when you return the vehicle. [. . .]</p>
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  693. <p>As González and I bumped through the potholed roads out of Bayamo, we drove past key figures of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/event/Cuban-Revolution" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cuba&#8217;s 1959 Revolution</a>&nbsp;immortalised in painted portraits on large roadside stone slabs. I felt like I was travelling through the pages of a Cuban history book.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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  697. <p>This road reveals traces of Cuban history long before the revolution, though. In the small town of Yara, 44km west of Bayamo, Hatuey, an aboriginal Taíno leader, was burnt at the stake by the Spaniards in 1512. Hatuey refused to convert to Christianity and was murdered for his heresy. [. . .]</p>
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  701. <p>After stopping in the sleepy coastal town of Manzanillo for one of Cuba&#8217;s best snacks, a small triangular&nbsp;<em>pastelito de guayaba</em> (guava pastry), we journeyed south-west along the ridge of Granma&#8217;s &#8220;foot&#8221;, where banana plantations, coconut palms and almond, flamboyán and mango trees crowded the grassy borders between the tarmac and lilting sugar cane. We pulled in at the ruins of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.manzanillo.gob.cu/es/monumentos/6933-museo-parque-nacional-la-demajagua" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">La Demajagua</a>&nbsp;sugar plantation, where in 1868, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes liberated his 53 slaves, marking Cuba&#8217;s first wars of independence against Spain. Today, it&#8217;s a peaceful site, with butterflies helicoptering over jasmine flowers, a small museum, a venerable&nbsp;jagüey&nbsp;tree shading the few ruins and a bell that once tolled for freedom.&nbsp;</p>
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  705. <p>Forty kilometres south in the town of Media Luna, we stopped at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/cuba/manzanillo/attractions/celia-sanchez-museum/a/poi-sig/1334819/1315123" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">birthplace-turned-museum</a>&nbsp;of the Cuban revolutionary Celia Sánchez. A doctor&#8217;s daughter, Sánchez spied for Castro&#8217;s nascent&nbsp;<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/26th-of-July-Movement" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">26th of July</a>&nbsp;rebel movement and helped Castro and his men escape Batista&#8217;s advancing troops after their Granma ship was wrecked offshore. She later became Castro&#8217;s secretary, confidante and – some say – his lover.</p>
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  709. <p>After driving along the rough road for another 50km, we reached mainland Cuba&#8217;s most southerly cul-de-sac,&nbsp;<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/DaKazAspwZnFm2cw7" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Cabo Cruz</a>, home to a lone lighthouse, pelicans and a fishing community of 500 homes. Nearby is a series of eight&nbsp;<a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/889/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Unesco-protected marine terraces</a>, some climbing 360m high, resembling giant stepping stones. The area is also home to the 275 sq km forested&nbsp;<a href="https://www.globalnationalparks.com/cuba/desembarco-del-granma/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Granma Landing National Park</a>, which is dotted with karstic caves and is where Castro and his men washed up on shore in 1956.&nbsp;</p>
  710.  
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  712.  
  713. <p>[. . .] &#8220;You can see why Fidel and his men took five hours to clamber through the mangroves,&#8221; he said, as we stared at the dense wall of green. &#8220;They carried 30kg backpacks, a 10kg Winchester rifle; they were not carrying a machete and didn&#8217;t know where they were.&#8221;&nbsp;</p>
  714.  
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  716.  
  717. <p>After scrambling through the mangroves, Castro and his men hid out in the nearby Sierra Maestra mountains for two years, surviving on meagre rations, battling disease and coming under fire from Batista&#8217;s offensives. [. . .] Today, this coast that once echoed with gunshots is filled with the rustle and call of ibis and the endemic Cuban tody.</p>
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  722.  
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  724. <p></p>
  725.  
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  727.  
  728. <p>[. . .] The island&#8217;s highest point, Pico Turquino (1,974m) rises from these rugged peaks, and Castro&#8217;s secret rebel headquarters-turned-museum, <a href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/cuba/gran-parque-nacional-sierra-maestra/attractions/comandancia-de-la-plata/a/poi-sig/1334685/1315122" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">La Comandancia de la Plata</a>, is hidden in its deeply drawn folds.</p>
  729.  
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  731.  
  732. <p>[. . .] Pulling into the village of La Plata, we popped into the small&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ecured.cu/Museo_Combate_de_La_Plata" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Museo Combate de la Plata</a>&nbsp;commemorating Castro&#8217;s first revolutionary victory: an attack on a garrison in January 1957, confirming the &#8220;Rebel Army existed and was ready to fight&#8221;, as Guevara said. The battle proved Castro was alive after Batista had declared him assassinated in an earlier skirmish.&nbsp;</p>
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  736. <p>Beyond La Plata, the road meandered around a breathtaking coastline where indigo and turquoise water met grey-black sand coves. Just beyond the village of Uvero, where two monuments commemorate the first key battle of Castro&#8217;s army in 1957 when the rebels ambushed an army garrison, the rumpled road flattened. We skirted villages tucked close to black and white sands en route to Santiago, which hosted Castro&#8217;s victory speech on 1 January 1959 after Castro succeeded in ousting Batista from power.&nbsp;[. . .]</p>
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  740. <p>For full article, see <a href="https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240416-the-carretera-granma-one-of-the-most-spectacular-drives-in-cuba">https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240416-the-carretera-granma-one-of-the-most-spectacular-drives-in-cuba</a></p>
  741.  
  742.  
  743.  
  744. <p>[Photos above by Claire Boobbyer: Cuba&#8217;s seldom-travelled Carretera Granma is a rugged mix of beauty, brawn and history; 2) The rugged road climbs high into the mountains where Castro and his forces hid out for two years.]</p>
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  770. <description><![CDATA[Experience a transformative event at the Book Launch of &#8216;The Effect of Tropical Light on White Men&#8217; featuring Catherine Lord and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert on May 4th, 2024, at 4 pm EST in Long Island City. The venue for this insightful conversation will be the esteemed Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore, located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  773.  
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  776. <p>Experience a transformative event at the Book Launch of &#8216;The Effect of Tropical Light on White Men&#8217; featuring Catherine Lord and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert on May 4th, 2024, at 4 pm EST in Long Island City. The venue for this insightful conversation will be the esteemed Artbook @ MoMA PS1 Bookstore, located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue. Delve into the exploration of memory, colonialism, and cultural property as Catherine Lord, a distinguished artist and writer, dissects the power dynamics between colonizer and colonized, public and private, image and word through her latest work. With over 300 entries, Lord sheds light on various artists, patrons, and novelists, offering a unique perspective on visual culture and art historical study. Joining her is Professor Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, an expert in Caribbean culture and literature, who brings a multidisciplinary approach to the discussion. This event promises to broaden the dialogue on crucial issues while providing a platform for thought-provoking insights. Don&#8217;t miss the opportunity to preorder a signed copy of &#8216;The Effect of Tropical Light on White Men&#8217; and immerse yourself in a compelling exploration of history and identity.</p>
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