WE LICKLE BUT WE TALLAWAH! – SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY WRITERS OF THE CARIBBEAN

WE LICKLE BUT WE TALLAWAH! – SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY WRITERS OF THE CARIBBEAN

by | Aug 5, 2014 | authors, Caribbean, diversity, emancipated, fantasy, Hugo, independence, Jamaica, Karen Lord, Nalo Hopkinson, Nebula, science fiction, Tobias S. Buckell, writers

Ek’abo Ebi! (Welcome Family!)As a Yardie, it is only right that I acknowledge Jamaica’s 52nd year of independence from British colonial rule (August 6, 2014).  In addition, August 1st marked 176 years since Jamaica was emancipated from slavery. (Though it...