Kola articles from January 2003

Kola archives from January 2003

Editorial.
January 1, 2003... Much of Canadian literature is about departure, passage, arrival and settlement. This terminology takes on a different meaning when applied to Black people immigrating from Africa and the Caribbean, or transmigrating from the United States of...

Last Night September 25-30, 2002.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... Last night september 25-30, 2002. Clarence Bayne Last night I was reading George Elliott's "Fire on the Water: Volume number two" The Scotian poets: Maxine Tynes, Peter Bailey, Walter Borden, George(of course) and...

For Charlie.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... For Charlie Clarence Bayne July 28 1926-February 4 2003 We will remember Each night at Biddles You stood there From your neck Africa in Gold Hanging free Eyes closed Looking into our souls Plucking the strings Of...

Happy New Year.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... HAPPY NEW YEAR BLACK MEN: LOVE YOURSELVES Ophelia Callender We the daughters of "Slavery" Birth you, but tell you nothing About the real world, or sex We were armed with excuses They were passed on down Yes we were denied...

Gnomophobia.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... Gnomophobia George Borden Me thinks we be unwilling pawns of fairies, gnomes and leprechauns. on this celestial orb-like sphere, 'tis my belief they're everywhere. Consider that the sun goes down while this Old...

Sunshine Shenanigans.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... Sunshine Shenanigans George Borden Playful sunrise peers sheepishly through yawning continental shutters into drowsy-eyed kitchens, spraying atomic flashes of blinding brilliance, covering droopy eyelids behind slow motion...

Moonlight Musings.(Poem)
January 1, 2003... Moonlight Musings. George Borden Sleepy eyes that seek to gaze upon his face, in search of features common to our species. Turning 'round about or twisted right side up, intent on piercing all the parts in proper order....

My grandpa (A children's story). (Fiction).(Short Story)
January 1, 2003... If you would accompany me all the way back to the time when I was a child, I would introduce you to the most marvelous person I have ever known -- my Grandpa. some people said that he was in the golden age years of his life. To me, however, he...

Lady cowboys. (Fiction).(Short Story)
January 1, 2003... The judge stared sternly at the defendant as he asked. "Is there anything you want to say before I pass sentence on you?" The defendant Angela Barrow paused for a moment before replying, then she said. "What is there to say your...

Barbadian Proverbs. (Fiction).
January 1, 2003... A selection of Barbadian Proverbs with correspondences from other countries. In volume 14, number 1, you were presented with proverbs from A to D, and in a work I'm currently researching On Barbadian proverbs. This selection from E to K is...

The Polished Hoe. Novel. (Fiction).(Book Review)
January 1, 2003... Unpleasant truths. Austin Clarke. The Polished Hoe. Novel. Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers. 2002. 462 pages. Cloth. $34.95. On November 5,2002, Austin Clarke won the Giller Fiction Prize for his latest novel The Polished Hoe. Clarke's...

The Montreal Black Community congratulates. (Announcements).
January 1, 2003... AUSTIN Ardinel CHESTERFIELD (TOM) CLARKE Winner - 9th Annual Giller Prize January 18, 2003 The Montreal Black Community welcomed Austin Clarke at a reading of his most recently published novel, The Polished Hoe. The hostess, Pat...

Vision celebration 2003.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The Black Theatre Workshop paid tribute to three outstanding artists in the Black Community at its Vision Celebration 2003. Toronto based award-winning playwright, actor and director, Djanet Sears received the Martin Luther King, Jr. award....