Playing Carnival, feting (partying for the non-francophone-oriented), being @ the beach/river/waterfall/mountains. Cooking, decorating, entertaining, designing clothing & jewelry, braiding hair (yes, I'm very domestic); travelling, attending art shows, museums,concerts. Learning about indigenous cultures. Being @ home in my beloved Trinidad & Tobago. Listening to music,reading books & watching movies that elevate me.
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DANCEHALL,SOCA,REGGAE- TRINIDAD 2006 CARNIVAL TING 4 D ROAD
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Music:
Carnival
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My brother Khari aka Khari Kill (check him @ MySpacemusic).Kaiso (Calypso for the uninitiated) mainly, Ella Andall, the late, great Lord Kitchener, Singing Sandra, Black Stalin & David Rudder. Soca (favourite's Machel Montano, Destra Garcia, Alison Hinds, the late Onika, Antonio Alvarez aka Bunji Garlin. Parang. Chutney. Reggae: Damion Marley & his great father, Peter Tosh, Beres Hammond, Buju,the late Garnett Silk, old Capleton & Sizzla, Matisyahu, Richie Spice. Definitely, the blazin' Trini Reggae scene (incl. my brother Khari, of course). Zouk, Compa, Merenque, Salsa, Bossa Nova, Salsa, Bangra. African genres including Soukous & Afrobeat. Conscious hip-hop, namely, Knaan. Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Coltrane, Ubax, Bono/U2, Cold Play...........
Movies:
The Bandit Queen, Glory, Black Orpheus, Malcom X, Hotel Rwanda, most Spike Lee movies, Water (by Deepa Metah)
Television:
Girlfriends, the History Channel, Discovery, PBS and the Animal Planet.
Books:
Wow, they're inumerous... I'll try. V.S. Naipaul Books (my favourites being Miguel St. & a house for Mr. Biswass). The Black Jacobins (by C.L.R. James). The autobiography of Malcom X. Chinua Achebe books. Frantz Fanon bks.Salman Rushdie and Charles Dickens bks. Tony Morrison & Gabriel Garcia Marquez bks. The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri. Progress & Poverty. The Destruction of Black Civilisation. Jane Austen books. Guns, Germs & Steel. How Europe underdeveloped Africa......
Heroes:
My parents & my ancestors. Hyarima (the last Carib Chief of Trinidad), Uriah 'Buzz' Buttler, Nanny & the Maroons. Malcom X. Any enslaved African who resisted in any way. Mandela.Steve Biko. Mahatma Gandhi. Lumumba. Queen Candace. Assata . Marcus Garvey. Indigenous peoples fighting to preserve their ways of life. Any person courageous enough to defend justice amidst pressure to actively or passively participate in injustice. Any person who strives toward being a better person.