Registration is now open for Nou Ka Palé Patwa, Caribbean Yard Campus’ course in the Patwa of Trinidad. Caribbean identity reflects itself in our linguistic fertility. In sharing our languages, we reject mono-lingual domination and expand a community free of ‘barriers’ to self-recognition and our relatives in the region. ‘Nou Ka Pale Patwa’ introduces Trinidad […]
Registration is now open for Nou Ka Palé Patwa, Caribbean Yard Campus’ course in the Patwa of Trinidad. Caribbean identity reflects itself in our linguistic fertility. In sharing our languages, we reject mono-lingual domination and expand a community free of ‘barriers’ to self-recognition and our relatives in the region. ‘Nou Ka Pale Patwa’ introduces Trinidad […]
Registration is now open for Nou Ka Palé Patwa, Caribbean Yard Campus’ course in the Patwa of Trinidad. Caribbean identity reflects itself in our linguistic fertility. In sharing our languages, we reject mono-lingual domination and expand a community free of ‘barriers’ to self-recognition and our relatives in the region. ‘Nou Ka Pale Patwa’ introduces Trinidad […]
Registration is now open for Nou Ka Palé Patwa, Caribbean Yard Campus’ course in the Patwa of Trinidad. Caribbean identity reflects itself in our linguistic fertility. In sharing our languages, we reject mono-lingual domination and expand a community free of ‘barriers’ to self-recognition and our relatives in the region. ‘Nou Ka Pale Patwa’ introduces Trinidad […]
Learn Kwéyòl at home from anywhere in the world! Nou Ka Palé Kwéyòl, Caribbean Yard Campus’ level two online course in St Lucian Kwéyòl, starts April 8, 2022.
Caribbean identity reflects itself in our linguistic fertility. In sharing our languages, we reject mono-lingual domination and expand a community free of ‘barriers’ to self-recognition and our relatives in the region. ‘Nou Ka Pale Kwéyòl’ introduces St. Lucian Kwéyòl at levels 1 and 2 as a conversational experience in the learning of Trinidad and other Caribbean Kwéyòl languages. Drawing on the heritage and practices of Kwéyòl cultures, this course includes a wide range of materials and activities, including games, stories, folk songs, calypsos and live conversations with elders of these communities.
This course presents panel discussions by Caribbean thinkers on the subject of its title. Panelists are drawn from across the region and diaspora. Participants will also share their own ideas in the format of Caribbean discursive spaces – liming, the lakou and reasoning.
This course introduces participants to the cultures of the Warau, Lokono, Garifuna and Kalipuna peoples of the region. Emphasis is placed on understanding the worldview, languages and customs of these cultures, as well as their value to the challenges of the contemporary world.
Caribbean Drumming: Basic Techniques is a Caribbean Yard Campus online course.
Learn Kwéyòl at home from anywhere in the world! Nou Ka Palé Kwéyòl, Caribbean Yard Campus’ level two online course in St Lucian Kwéyòl, starts September 15, 2025.
Caribbean identity reflects itself in our linguistic fertility. In sharing our languages, we reject mono-lingual domination and expand a community free of ‘barriers’ to self-recognition and our relatives in the region. ‘Nou Ka Pale Kwéyòl’ introduces St. Lucian Kwéyòl at levels 1 and 2 as a conversational experience in the learning of Trinidad and other Caribbean Kwéyòl languages. Drawing on the heritage and practices of Kwéyòl cultures, this course includes a wide range of materials and activities, including games, stories, folk songs, calypsos and live conversations with elders of these communities.
Sou sou, sex, spirituality and smart men; ritual, race, religion and resistance; poverty and power; massa and masquerade; death and democracy; imperialism and independence; ole talk and sweet talk and gender and class; cricket, colour and Carnival—PHILOSOPHIZING THE CARIBBEAN.
