Other Useful Links

Useful links to on-line resources discussing Latin American culture:

• Sophia A. McClennen’s Home Page

Links to Spanish language tools, grammar and composition aids.

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• Society for Caribbean Studies

Links to about the Caribbean and its diasporas and to encourage and disseminate research on all aspects of the Caribbean region and its peoples. Here are other links from their website:

• Societies & Organisations
  1. Caribbean Studies Association
  2. CERLAC -Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
  3. CLASH – Mémoire St Barth / Histoire de Saint-Barthélemy (Comité de Liaison et d’Application des Sources Historiques)
  4. Indo-Caribbean Studies Association
  5. National Archives – National Archives Caribbean History.
  6. Postcolonial Studies Association
  7. Society for Latin American Studies (UK Association)
  8. Transnational Communities – An ESRC Research Programme.
  9. UKCASA – UK Council for Area Studies Associations, the SCS and the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS).
  10. Latineos – Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture.
  11. SoCaRe – Society for Caribbean Research
  12. Journals, Newspapers and Literary Links
      
  13. The Society has been given permission by John Robert Lee, Education Officer at the Folk Research Centre, St Lucia to make available his compiled (selected) bibliography on West Indian Literature. We extend our sincerest thanks to Mr Lee.To download the bibliography in pdf, click here.
  14. Caribbean Journal of Science
  15. Critical Bibliography of Caribbean Literatures
  16. Interventions -International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.
  17. Journal of Caribbean Archaeology
  18. Journal of Caribbean History
  19. Journal of Commonwealth Literature – A Journal on aspects of Commonwealth and postcolonial literatures and related areas.
  20. Journal of Postcolonial Writing
  21. Journal of West Indian Literature
  22. Moving Worlds – A Journal of Transcultural Writing.
  23. Sargasso – A journal published by the Department of English at the University of Puerto Rico.
  24. Small Axe – A Caribbean Platform for Criticism.
  25. The Caribbean Writer
  26. Wasafiri (London)
  27. West Indian Literature – A source list for West Indian Authors, compiled by Patrick Jamieson.
  28. Callaloo
  29. NWIG New West Indian Guide
  30. Academic links
      
  31. Academic Staff teaching on Latin America and the Caribbean – searchable database
  32. BBC ‘WINDRUSH’ web site
  33. Black Writers Website
  34. Centre for Caribbean Studies (Warwick)
  35. Institute of Commonwealth Studies
  36. University of West Indies (Mona)
  37. Caribbean Newspapers
      
  38. CanaNews
  39. Jamaica Gleaner Newspaper
  40. The Barbados Advocate
  41. Trinidad Guardian
  42. Publishers
      
  43. House of Nehesi
  44. Ian Randle Publishers
  45. Macmillan-Caribbean
  46. Mango Publishing
  47. Papillote Press
  48. Peepal Tree Press
  49. University of the West Indies Press
  50. Various
      
  51. Caribbean Radio Stations online
  52. Caribbean Search Engine
  53. The Caribbean Photo Archive
  54. Arts and Culture
      
  55. Africlassical – Arfrican Heritage in Classical Music.
  56. Caribbean Kitchen Webpage on Caribbean Recipes.
  57. Gallery of West Indian Art – Haitian, Cuban and Jamaican Art.
  58. Garifuna Heritage Webpage about the Garifuna Heritage.
  59. Jamaica Travel and Culture – Travel Guide on Jamaica.
  60. On the Map – Creole chant blog spot.
  61. The Drum – Arts Centre in Birmingham, UK, promoting African, Asian and Caribbean Art and cultural activities.
  62. STAR – Scottish Trans-Atlantic Relations Project.
  63. Vanley Burke – website on which the photographer talks about his career, including video material showing some of his more famous photographs of Caribbean Diaspora communities in Birmingham
  64. Caribbean Golf Society – UK-based organisation to provide a network for players, with an eye to mentoring and career advancement

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• Small Axe – A Caribbean Platform of Criticism

Links to a Caribbean platform for social, political, and cultural criticism.

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• Puerto Rican Studies

Links to more studies about Puerto Rico

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• Journal of West Indian Literature

Links to a resource that is a regional and extra-regional forum for the dissemination and discussion of anglophone Caribbean literary and artistic culture.

Newspapers:
• Puerto Rico:
o El vocero (offered in Spanish) http://elvocero.com/
o El nuevo día (offered in Spanish) http://www.elnuevodia.com/
• Dominican:
o Listín diario (offered in Spanish) http://www.listindiario.com/
o Hoy (offered in Spanish) http://hoy.com.do/
• Cuba:
o Agencia cubana de noticias (offered in English and Spanish) http://www.acn.cu/
o Havana Times (offered in English and Spanish) – ‘open-minded writing’ but it seems somewhat more informal http://www.havanatimes.org/sp/
“Links to a Caribbean platform for social, political, and cultural criticism” Section:
• The Puerto Rican Studies link didn’t work when I checked it out
Academic Links:
• There’s a research institution in PR called “Centro de estudios avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe” that seems applicable but accessing their publications was a challenge. Not sure if it’s of value, but here’s the link: http://www.ceaprc.edu/index.htm
Societies and Organizations:
• CCCADI: Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (located in Harlem, NY; focuses on Afro-Latino history and culture) http://www.cccadi.org/
Links to a Caribbean platform for social, political, and cultural criticism:
• The Caribbean Review of Books (formed by University of the West Indies Publishers’ Association in the ‘90s, “We focus on reviews of new and recent books of Caribbean fiction, poems, biography, arts, culture, and current affairs, but the CRB also publishes new writing, interviews, and essays on literature and culture.”) http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/
Links to more studies about Puerto Rico
• Center for Puerto Rican Studies (Hunter College/CUNY: “Understanding, Preserving, and Sharing the Puerto Rican Experience in the United States”) http://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/