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Dexer Mitchell-CARIFTA: We Needed This One!

CARIFTA 2024: WE NEEDED THIS ONE! After a few tough weeks that had national and international focus on Grenada – questioning the porosity and integrity of our security apparatus and the idiotic behaviour of some […]

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Colin Croft-Shamar Joseph “What A Find”

From Colin Croft. SHAMAR JOSEPH Shamar Joseph is just a naturally loose, brilliantly fit, properly nurtured with natural ‘country’ foods, and fabulously focussed, fast bowler. WOW!! What a find!! His determination, enthusiasm and energy could […]

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Ralph Gonsalves Explains Himself On Guyana/Venezuela Map

By Sir Ronald Sanders Waterfalls Magazine – The New Year broke over Guyana with Guyanese everywhere deeply worried about the intentions of the Nicolas Maduro government in Venezuela which, through various communiques and public statements and […]

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Dexter Mitchell-Good Night Queens Park-Part 4

‘Last year the race was tough to the monarchy Everybody was rough, hard and ready’. These are the opening lines to Inspector’s 1991 song entitled, They Kill The King. Those lines inferred the quality of the Calypso competition […]

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Dexter Mitchell-Good Night Queens Park Part 3

Arthur ‘Smokey’ Stephen won two Calypso titles in 1985 and 1986 with what could be considered heavy-hitting songs with immense lyrical content addressing political disturbances and social ills. In 1986 Edson ‘Ajamu’ Mitchell made the […]

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Dexter Mitchell-Good Night Queens Park Part 2

The collapse of the Grenada Revolution in October of 1983 meant that the Flying Turkey who was serving in the People’s Revolutionary Army was once again private citizen Cecil Belfon and available to partake in […]

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Caribbean Unity-A Tribute To Black Stalin

By Dexter Mitchell This article was originally penned on January 24th, 2008 One Race (De Caribbean Man) From de same place (De Caribbean Man) Dat make the same trip (De Caribbean Man) On de same […]

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A Tribute to Dr. Leroy Calliste-The Black Stalin

By Arley Salimbi Gill   Dr. Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste was an exceptionally gifted calypsonian and dedicated lover of Black people and culture. His passing this week in Trinidad and Tobago is a colossal loss […]

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Dexter Mitchell: The Entertainment Report (2022)

With the removal of restrictions, social distancing, travel etc, there was a heightened sense of anticipation among providers of and consumers of entertainment products. An eager audience, deprived of the relief and outlet that the […]