“Let our lives be open books for all to study.” Mahatma Gandhi
On Sunday July 5, 2009 a memorial service was held at Medgar Evers College to honor the passing of a great figure in the Westindian Panamanian diaspora living in New York, Dr. George A. Priestley. A descendant of the Silver People, whose [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘etnia-negra-de-Panamá’
07/11/2009
A Tribute to Dr. George A. Priestley, Ph.D
05/29/2009
Early Beginnings of Silver Literature
The early writings amongst the Silver People of Panama could have started when correspondence was sent back home to the West Indies by, primarily, Westindian men who served that purpose during the mid 19th century and would continue to serve as message bearers for the working class Silver Men far into the early decades of [...]
05/24/2009
Compiling a Library of the History of Blacks
Practically all of my experiences at gaining information regarding Blacks in this continent of the Americas have been fraught with frustrations. Some of the most famous and reliable libraries and archives have no registry for the history of Blacks or of people of African descent. So it has continued to be until our day here [...]
05/08/2009
The Road to Westindian Literature- Some Thoughts
The road to the placing of real Black Literature in the hands of Black and Latin American children has been paved with much difficulty and many disheartening experiences, at least in my own experience. The age for our people, the Panamanian Westindian, to gain that realization of the harm that such deprivation causes, like not [...]
