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Barbados: The Caribbean's First Slavery-and-Sugar Plantation Complex and the World's Newest Republic, Part III Dec. 18, 2021
Decades in the making, on Nov. 30, Barbados joined the small club of former British-American colonie... Read More
Barbados: The Caribbean's First Slavery-and-Sugar Plantation Complex and the World's Newest Republic, Part II Dec. 11, 2021
On Nov. 30, when the bells inside the clock tower of Bridgetown's House of Parliament tolled midnigh... Read More
The Ajiaco, the Cuban Sandwich, Masa Carnica and other Cuban/Caribbean Foods for Thought, Part 4 Nov. 13, 2021
As we saw in previous segments of this multipart column, early in the colonial era, plantains displa... Read More
The Ajiaco, the Cuban Sandwich, Masa Carnica and other Cuban/Caribbean Foods for Thought, Part 3 Nov. 06, 2021
"BLACK FOODS" Throughout the history of African slavery, masters and overseers largely determined th... Read More
The Ajiaco, the Cuban Sandwich, Masa Carnica and Other Cuban Foods for Thought, Part Two Oct. 30, 2021
In last week's column we left the Cuban ajiaco simmering inside a Neolithic earthenware bowl. SPAIN... Read More
What American Schools Should Teach about Race, Racism and Slavery Nov. 17, 2020
Regarding race and much else, America's students are not taught history. In fact, they are not taugh... Read More
Anti-Americanism: The New Anti-Semitism Jul. 28, 2020
What are the two most hated countries in the world? America and Israel. Who hates both America and ... Read More
Black History Month: Why Don't They Teach About the Arab-Muslim Slave Trade in Africa? Feb. 20, 2020
As for America's annual Black History Month, actor Morgan Freeman spoke for many during this 2005 ex... Read More
Where Does It End? Aug. 22, 2017
When I was in high school, in the early 1960s, my family embarked on a car ride south — from N... Read More
