A Walk in the Sunset of Life
As you prepare to travel the Rainbow Turnpike, understand that you are not alone. This is an excellent opportunity to redirect your life and to share the wonderful moments that you have amassed. Seek out others and encourage them to be part of the "savannah generation" by sharing their knowledge with others. In other words, be part of a brigade that wants to give back to the younger generation.
This book is my answer to retirement. It is not all academic; it is personal. It is a fun filled journey offering suggestions so that the younger generation will not make some of the mistakes we gray birds have made on our journey to the retirement pasture.
Dr. Seunarine has eliminated the anxiety of retirement through user friendly anecdotes and scientific data. Smooth travel to Zion! Meldrina Bernard, MSW, LCSW.
If the measure of a book is determined by how much it stretches a reader's thinking, then I hope that A Walk in the Sunset of Life, is immeasurable. Dale Averill, President, Sista Dale Designs.
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Who
Dey? Who Dey? Manicou Dey
How
many of you remember the "Pick - a - Box" show on Radio
Trinidad? Ah catched the Point Encyclopedia off guard; ah stun
Showboat... Pick - a- Box was a show that we heard every Monday night
on Radio Trinidad. The person who was selected "was asked a
number of questions of a general nature." If you answer all
correctly, "your prize was a Bosch refrigerator, a return trip
to Jamaica, a sewing machine, a cash prize or a "booby
prize" (Shell Trinidad Topics Vol. II No. 57. February 8, 1957).
"Did
you know about Lovers Lane in the guava patch next to Techier
Village? Man ah tell yuh, when we go to pick guava for we mother to
make jam and guava cheese, we used to climb dem trees and before we
could get back down, a car would pull up with a man and woman in it.
Yuh know how much married man used to spend time in dey? Ah eh
calling no names but dem know who dem is. Dem woman know, too"
(Billy Singh 9/21/08).
"Boy
ah was a birdman, too. I used to leave meh bird cage in the gallery;
ah always set the trap before going to school. By the time ah
returned home ah have a Venezuelan Pico in the trap... I followed
Cockot and dem and go up to the Range because it had a lot of birds
up dey. The guava patch in Techier was another good spot to catch
birds. On the Range we caught Pico Platte, Black and White Shat,
Vaymal, Tauday, Bull Finch... Every Sunday by the Senior Secondary
School down there by Dunlop Highway, there is a Bull Finch
competition. In our days it was known as Point Fortin College.
It is there you hear dem birds rattling down de cages fuh so. De
competition is to find who bird can ramajay the best. It is a money
making game. Dem people will pay you as much as $10,000 for your
bird, oui...(Peter Lokai 2/24/13).
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How
Much Do You Love Your... Dada, Mama, Nana?
So
whats up with the title of this book? I used to play a game
with my daughter called How much do you love your Dada?
The intent was to get her to say one. The reason being
that one is infinite. As she played along, she would call
out numbers such as million zillionth hundredth but never
one. We would rumble and I would have her laughing and
wrestling me until she finally gave up by saying one. The
lesson here goes further than wrestling /playing. It
shows the love and affection that exists between us and more
importantly, the bond we share. We also established Trust -- which
would be used in the future. You could play the same game whether you
are the Mama, Nana, or foster parent.
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In
Jah's Hands
Some
non Rasta believe that Rastafari "has lost its light".
There have been attempts to blind side we but Rasta have expectedly
known that there will always be those who think they know us better
than we know ourselves. Some have even attempted to create their own
brand of Rastafari calling it Christafari resulting in confusion
within some camps. For potential new wannabees to overstand
(understand) the fundamentals of Rastafari, so called prophets of
doom have bombarded the cyberspace and have published their cacophony
rampantly adding to the mass confusion/hysteria. Nevertheless, from
this invasion, Rasta will build a tower towards the heaven and in it
spread their message as they overcome the evils and frustrations of
Babylon. One thing in certain, they cannot drive us away anymore....
"The people themselves must come to realize their own
difficulties in the development of their communities and try to solve
them by collective participation, following an order of priority and
taking their potentiality into account. It is well known to you all
that recognizing one's problems and striving hard to challenge them
is a mark of an attempt at self - sufficiency." The Conquering
Lion of Judah Haile Selassie I, 1963.
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Limmin
Under de La Junette Tree
I
think the best of all is Ms. Rose and she grapefruits trees. Boy we
eyeing dem grapefruits on she tree for a long time. But this woman
nah want to sleep; it is like she is ah soucayant, oui. Well, Harry
Lie come up with the idea that we should throw a chain on top of she
house and drag it. While doing that, Errol would climb the grapefruit
tree and pick all dem juicy grapefruits. You should hear the bawling
by Ms. Rose... so she started to pray out loud for so,"Jumbie,
Jumbie be gone. In the name of the Lord go away." Boy we wanted
to laugh but we wanted the grapefruits more! That lady never knew
that the grapefruits disappeared from she tree. She became a better
Christian too.
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Why
Dem Mosquitoes Bite
Me So
A
Proclamation for Change in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
...
We must understand that camaraderie and shared experiences helps to
foster a united bond and thwarts any attempts to exacerbate
conflicts. We must seek to have wider representation in our local
government which reflects the makeup of our Borough. We must end
" the coolie nigger" syndrome which has plagued this
country and our Borough for so long. Egypt and Icacos are a part of
our Point Fortin community and we must embrace this reality accordingly.
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Ethiopia,
the Bible & Rastafari
ISBN:
0-9662524-8-9 128 pgs
African
/ Caribbean / Religious / Rastafari Studies
"Since
nobody can interfere in the realm of God we should tolerate and live
side by side with those of other faiths. In the mystic tradition of
the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit... While
the different religions in their historic forms bind us to limited
groups and militate against the development of loyalty to the world
community, the mystics have already stood for the fellowship of
humanity... No one should question the faith of others, for no human
being can judge of the ways of God.
Haile
Selassie I
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Ethiopian
Women of Power
ISBN:
0-9662524-6-2 104 pgs
"...We
are indeed glad for this evening which has caused our voice to be
heard by all women throughout the world. Regardless of the different
countries and the different climates they live in, women in this
world are connected and have the same desire in maintaining world
peace and love .. . In spite of the differences of colour, race,
creed and religion between the women of this world, they all hate
war, because the fruit of war is nothing but disaster..."
Empress
Menen on the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, 1935
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The
Lion Roars: Selected Speeches and Letters of Haile Selassie
ISBN:
0-9662524-2-X 157 pgs
African
/ Caribbean Studies
"...that
until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another
inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; that
until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of
any nation; that until the colour of a mans skin is of no
significance than the color of his eyes; that until the basic human
rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; that
until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and
the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting
illusion to be pursued but never attained...; until bigotry and
prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced
by understanding and tolerance and goodwill; until all Africans stand
and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are
in the eyes of Heaven; until that day, the African will fight, if
necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the
victory of good over evil...
The
Lion of Judah Haile Selassie I
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Visions
of Rastafari: Facts on Haile Selassie I
ISBN:
0-9662524-5-4 79 pgs
"...But
let us take pride in the fact that as free men we attack and abhor
racial discrimination on principle, where-ever it is found and in
whatever guise. We can, in addition, to the economic pressure of
which we dispose, bring our moral weight to bear and rally world
opinion to our cause by revealing the brutality, the inhumanity, the
inherent viciousness, and evil represented by this policy...
The
Lion of Judah, Belgrade Conference, 1961
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Stories
Meh Moddha Told Meh
ISBN:
0-9662524-0-3 80 pgs
What
a delight! From start to finish, I felt the need (or beauty) of the
pictures you paint.
--Karen
Loughran, Teacher
Stories
Meh Moddha Told Meh is a valuable document. The author has given
these stories a colloquial texture... I am convinced that everyone
exploring these pages will hear his/her own mothers voice
relating these stones.
--Rev.
G. Modele Clarke
These
stories are about Soucayant, Largablest, Papa Bois, Hosay, to name a
few. Some are scary but juicy and fun to read. ENJOY!
--Imani
- Publisher
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Pappi,
Pappi, Please Read
Me a Story
ISBN:
0-9662524-9-7
Professor
Seunarine has weaved together several stories where politics,
economics and social change are intermingled to bring us a family
affair. His stories are like a pelau with excellent delights to whet
our appetites for more. Brother Lance, as he is often called, has
spun his cocoon and had entrapped us. He pokes fun at us knowing
quite well that he hopes the reader will find the time to seek out
another and do some good for the idren. He leave us asking for more,
more and more.
Miss
Imani |
Ethiopia
Speaks: The Italian Invasion 1935 - 1941
ISBN:
0-9662524-7-0 Available: July 2003
...
It was at the time when the operations for the encircling of Makalle
were taking place that the Italians fearing a rout, followed the
procedure which is now my duty to denounce to the world. Special
sprayers were installed on board aircrafts so that they could
vaporize, over vast areas of territory, a fine death dealing
rain. Groups of nine, fifteen, eighteen aircrafts followed one
another so that the fog issuing from them formed a continuous sheet.
It was thus that, as from the end of January,1936, soldiers, women,
children, cattle, rivers, lakes, and pastures were drenched
continually with this deadly rain. In order to kill off
systematically all living creatures, in order the more [move] surely
poison waters, and pastures, the Italian command made the aircrafts
pass over and over again. That was its chief method of warfare... The
object was to scatter fear and death over a great part of the
Ethiopian territory. These fearful tactics succeeded. Men and animals
succumbed. The deadly rain that fell down from the aircraft made all
those whom it touched fly shrieking with pain. All those who drank
the poisoned water or ate the infected food also succumbed in
dreadful suffering. In tens of thousands, the victims of the Italian
mustard fell...
Selassie
I at the League of Nations 1936 |
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