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Galleryyuhself - Stay tuned.

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Galleryyuhself - Newspaper design.

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Galleryyuhself - We on it!

Long running children’s television show Sesame Street earlier this week highlighted a muppet family with ‘trini’ roots as part of its cast, stirring pride within its local audience.

The Show’s Facebook page on Wednesday shared newcomers Wes and Elijah, a father and son duo who were officially introduced to the Sesame Street cast in 2021 as part of its “Coming Together” outreach initiative regarding racism.

“Meet Wes and Elijah! They live on Sesame Street with Wes’ mom and their beloved dog, Bubba. Wes loves using his imagination, playing with friends, and going to kindergarten. His dad, Elijah, is a meteorologist who loves to be outdoors, preferably on a nature walk with Wes. They both love to cook – especially food from Trinidad, like roti!” the post read.

Elijah, a muppet weatherman has been part of sketches with his son discussing difficult topics including prejudice. In one sketch he is heard discussing his son’s Trinidadian links and the steel drum (steelpan).

“My son Wes is very good, he’s taking lessons from my wife on our homemade steel drum. But the other day wes didn’t want to play his drum. He told us that another kid at school said it sounded funny. It bothered me and I could tell it really bothered wes too. I realized I needed to take a pause. I reminded him because he plays the steel drums because it connects to his ancestors. Wes has African American roots from me and Caribbean roots from his mom. His parents come from Trinidad where the steel drum is played,” Elijah said.

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Galleryyuhself - forty seven years ago Trinidad and Tobago made a bold move. Happy Republic Day.

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from the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago.

#OnThisDay in 1976, Trinidad and Tobago had already become a Republic. This new status was declared on August 1st 1976, when the last Governor-General Sir Ellis Clarke was sworn in as the first President of Trinidad and Tobago. The holiday is commemorated on September 24th because it was on this day in 1976 that the first Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago met under the new Republican Constitution.

So what changed? When Trinidad and Tobago became independent in 1962, it was still part of the British monarchy—meaning that between 1962 and 1976, Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II was the Queen of Trinidad and Tobago. The monarch’s constitutional roles were delegated by the Governor-General, who was Sir Solomon Hochoy from 1962 to 1972. In 1972, Sir Ellis Clarke succeeded Sir Solomon Hochoy as Governor-General.

After over a decade as an Independent nation, it was decided that Trinidad and Tobago should become a Republic with a Head of State elected solely by its citizens. In order to bring about these changes, a Constitution Commission was formed in 1971.

The Commission held meetings around Trinidad and Tobago, and consolidated their findings and recommendations for constitutional reform into a report that was submitted to the Governor-General, Sir Ellis Clarke, in 1974. A Constitution was then written to replace the Order in Council of the Queen and in 1976, the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Act of 1976 was passed.

This newspaper is part of the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago Newspaper Collection. If you are interested in learning more about our country’s path to becoming a Republic, you can check out our Exhibition, “The Road to Nationhood: Crown Colony Government to Republicanism.” The newspaper clippings in this Exhibition are courtesy the Trinidad Guardian and the Trinidad Express Newspapers. The document is available for viewing here: https://bit.ly/3mKFbYZ.

References: “Report of the Constitution Commission: Presented to His Excellency the Governor-General on January 22, 1974.” The Constitution Commission of Trinidad and Tobago, 1974. The full document is available at the National Archives or online via http://www.ttparliament.org/documents/1101.pdf

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Galleryyuhself - Book Cover Design.

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I'm very excited to share that new book, A SENSE OF ARRIVAL, is now AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER from Duke University Press!

Visit https://www.dukeupress.edu/a-sense-of-arrival to order. Save 30% when you use coupon code E24BRWNE

Please share widely!

(especially the discount coupon)

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Synopsis—

In A Sense of Arrival, Kevin Adonis Browne blends literary, visual, and material forms to present a narrative of Caribbean Blackness. Arguing that the story of Caribbeanness cannot be told through words alone, Browne interweaves essays, memoir, autotheory, and narrative verse with documentary photography, portraiture, Rorschach blots, and images of his own sculptures and art installations. Browne labels this multimodal approach and rhetorical form “Caribbean Nonfiction,” and he uses it to conceptualize arrival as a theory of being. Arrival is practiced through forms of status, return, belonging, nomadism, self-exile, love, loss, presence, and haunting, each of which expresses the vast complexity and urgency of Caribbeanness. At the same time, arrival emphasizes and extends Caribbean ways of being, knowing, and doing. Throughout, Browne challenges readers to follow the archipelagic sensibilities of the Caribbean to look beyond Black death and apprehend the inherent optimism and beauty of arrival. A singular meditation on the art and process of Caribbeanness, A Sense of Arrival is a statement on how the Black Caribbean self comes to be.

Praise

“A Sense of Arrival is a brilliant, beautiful, and unorthodox contribution to Black studies debates and to the reconceptualization of Black Being more broadly. In contrast to current trends, Kevin Adonis Browne is radically optimistic in the face of Black death and nonbeing and works to convince the reader that there is Black thought before, during, and after Black nonbeing. Having asked the question of Blackness and Black subjectivity, Browne’s highly original and philosophical notion of arrival becomes the answer, moving the reader from mere identity or even subjectivity to the ontological question of the nature of being itself.” — Michelle Ann Stephens, author of Skin Acts: Race, Psychoanalysis, and the Black Male Performer

“Structured by a series of arrivals and becomings, A Sense of Arrival is formally challenging and inventive—a beautiful and welcome invitation to think what work nonfiction might do toward freedom and what it might be and require to work toward freedom. This book has much to offer; there is so much brilliance here. It will be an important addition to Caribbean thought and rhetoric, Caribbean studies, Black studies, cultural studies, photography and visual culture.” — Christina Sharpe, author of Ordinary Notes

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Galleryyuhself - Kyle has the Mark!

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~Galleryyuhself~ Without paws-ing Purina Express TT makes the puuurfect decision.

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note from Tropical Express re: Corona Virus

DATE: 13th March, 2020

NEWSLETTER:

COVID-19 Precautionary Measures Taken

Dear Valued Members,          We hope you all are well, continue to keep well and are taking the necessary precautions during this time. The health and safety of our customers and employees are our top priority. We at Tropical Express would like to reassure you that we are taking heightened precautionary measures in keeping with the health advisories to ensure the safety of our customers and employees. We are routinely cleaning and sanitizing the branches especially heavily trafficked areas and hard surfaces and our employees have been notified to wash their hands frequently and properly.  We hope and pray that everyone remains safe and healthy during this trying period.

For Steps to Prevent The Illness From The CDC please click the button below to be better informed in order to better protect yourself and your family:

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IMPORTANT NOTES

1) TV's  We strongly advise you to insure your TV before it leaves your vendor. Tropical Express is not responsible for any damage in Transit if it's not insured.

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for pickup price.  

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~Galleryyuhself~ Extremely different reportage from The Guardian and the Express regarding Covid-19 that is happening in an election year.

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~Galleryyuhself~~ The Express Newspaper is a reflection of how far we have come. The couple on the newspaper’s cover get to celebrate like all new parents do. A first for 2020 or any year before it.

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~Galleryyuhself~ Three newspapers. three different approaches to readership.

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~Galleryyuhself~ Sacha Cosmetics making a refreshing statement via Amit.

@amitmakeupartistry got us mesmerized with this FLAWLESS, Soothing look!Products Featured:Buttercup Light Pro Powder Foundation.

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~Galleryyuhself~ Only in Trinidad and Tobago. Bars have been asked to close at 8:00 pm and now the owners want to sue the government for the fact that they are made to shut up shop two hours earlier.

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~Galleryyuhself~ Market Movers adapts quickly to the ‘new normal” by using a finished line approach to its delivery advertising.

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~Galleryyuhself~ The “CARE” emoji is here.