Indo-Caribbean culture program

[Guest guest]

>From The Indentureship Period To The Present

Examining The Past, Creating The Future

A symposium devoted to Indo-Trinidadian/Indo-Caribbean history and

culture. Featuring scholarship, documentary film and oral histories that

illuminate a long journey from within.

 

 

The symposium will be held on September 27, 2004, from 9:30 AM to 5:00

PM, in the Mumford Room, 6th Fl, Madison Building, Library of Congress.

It will open with a documentary by Gideon Hanoomansingh: "Legacy Of Our

Ancestors : The Indian Presence In Trinidad and Tobago, 1845-1917".

 

Morning Session

Documentary - "Legacy Of Our Ancestors : The Indian Presence In

Trinidad And Tobago, 1845-1917"

Mr. Gideon Hanoomansingh - The Producer's Perspective

Chief Executive Officer, Premiere Video Productions, Trinidad & Tobago

 

Dr. Brinsley Samaroo - Emerging From Indentureship To Citizenship

Head, Department of History, The University of the West Indies, St.

Augustine, Trinidad

 

Mrs. Sonah Nagassar - The Impact of Hinduism On The History And Culture

Of Trinidad & Tobago

Member Caribbean authors' and publishers' network (CAPNET)

 

Nafeesa Mohammed, Esquire - Islam In A Plural Society

Legal Consultant, Ministry of the Attorney General, Trinidad & Tobago

 

Mr. Gideon Hanoomansingh and Dr. Brinsley Samaroo - Reverend Dr. John

Morton And The Presbyterian Church in Trinidad and Tobago

 

 

Afternoon Session

Dr. Brinsley Samaroo - Coping With Caribbean Society, the Indian

Experience

 

Dr. Somdath Mahabir - Challenges Facing The Indo-Guyanese

Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH

 

Dr. Mahin Gosine--Coping With The Promise Of America: Migration And

Mobility Among Indo-Caribbean People In The United States

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Department of Social Sciences,

Suffolk Community College, Brentwood, NY

 

Dr. Mahin Gosine and Dr. Somdath Mahabir Will Lead A Discussion Of The

Indo-Caribbean Diaspora (US Emphasis)

 

 

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