2023, Volume 2

2023, Volume 2: Southern Resonances: Southern Epistemologies, Southern Praxes and the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean and Beyond


Complete Citation:

Faraclas, N., Severing, R., Echteld, E., Delgado, S., Rutgers, W. (Eds.) (2023). Southern Resonances: Southern Epistemologies, Southern Praxes and the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Greater Caribbean and Beyond: Proceedings of the ECICC, ISBN 978-99904-4-074-4.


SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN PRAXES AND 11 LANGUAGE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 1 French lexical items in Krio, with notes on West African Pidgin French (WAPF) 13 Ian Hancock 2 Substrate influence in Nigerian Pidgin: A closer look at reduplication in Igbo 23 Nancy Chiagolum Odiegwu 3 The multiple modals in African American English, Gullah, and Bahamian 45 Creole: A comparative analysis Cely Thompson 4 Social media and language change 57 Marcos G. Torres Chardón SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN PRAXES AND 67 DISCOURSE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 5 Observations on language in the political arena in 21st century Tobago 69 Charleston Thomas 6 The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana: decoloniality, terrorism 77 and a subversive narrative voice Vanesa Contreras Capó, Melinda Maxwell-Gibb and Maribel Tamargo López 7 Critical analysis of the neo-colonial discourse of crypto-investors in 91 Puerto Rico Elizabeth Barrows 8 Longue durée y durée profonde 101 Nicholas Faraclas, Cely Thompson, Elizabeth Barrows, Itza Hernandez, Marcos G. Torres Chardón, Ibzan Perez Llavona, Peiyi Hsu, Alice Rodríguez Laureano, Frances S. Rivera Cornier, Felix D. Díaz Méndez, Ricardo J. Pérez Burgos, Gabriela M. Malave Torres, Astrid C. Salva Rivera, Alejandra M. Zapata Torres y María Luísa Guerrero Díaz SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN PRAXES 113 AND POETRY IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 9 Resetting the fractured laughter in Marvin E. Williams’ Echo of a 115 circle closing Dannabang Kuwabong 10 Silence as language in Nourbese Philip’s Looking for Livingstone 123 Kwame Osei-Poku and Victoria Osei-Bonsu 11 The praisable core: naming in the poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson’s 135 literary production Michael Sharp 12 The breath is witness: an overview of Derek Walcott’s and Mikey Smith’s 143 poetic rhythms Wilfredo R. Santiago-Hernández SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN PRAXES, 151 GENDERING AND RACING IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 13 Un grito contra la imposición del silencio: poesía y violencia contra 153 las mujeres en América Latina María del Mar López-Cabrales 14 Questioning whether art imitates life or life imitates art in Shani 159 Mootoo’s Valimki’s daughter and Kamala Kempadoo’s Sexing the Caribbean Tyrone Ali 15 Playa de Bamburi: vida y amor en tiempos de pandemia en retroceso y 167 fascismo en aumento Nicholas Faraclas, Barry Green, Suan Aponte Andújar, María Luísa Guerrero Díaz, Alice Rodríguez Laureano, Isaías Calderón, Frances S. Rivera Cornier, Felix D. Díaz Méndez, Ricardo J. Pérez Burgos, Gabriela M. Malave Torres, Astrid C. Salva Rivera, Alejandra M. Zapata Torres, y Elvin Ramos 6 Multicultural education: A brief history and critique of the correlation 173 between race and student achievement Christian Valentín and Lindsay Messoline SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN PRAXES 179 HISTORIES AND CULTURES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 17 Possum and Gulisi: Understanding Garifuna matriarchy, genetics 181 and genealogy Peitra Arana 18 “Gone from this world of sin and sorrow”: The bible and 197 history in G. W. Gordon’s last letter Anna Kasafi Perkins 19 Psychological healing through cultural memory: The 219 Dagaaba dirge Delimwini Kuwabong 20 Comunidad, autogestión y gestión de archivos en el Caribe: el caso 235 de Casa Pueblo Puerto Rico Juan Carlos Corujo y Mirerza González Vélez SOUTHERN EPISTEMOLOGIES, SOUTHERN PRAXES 245 AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 21 Au nigarawoun bei, nigarawoun au 247 Joshua Arana and Felene Cayetano 22 Del baile de bomba al bombazo: mirada al género musical 249 de la bomba en el área sur de Puerto Rico en dos momentos históricos; mediados de S.XX vs. la segunda década del S.XXI Sixto J. Merced Rolón y Julia I. Laporte García 23 “Where the light enters you”: Sufi poetry and lyrics in 269 the Greater Caribbean Priya Parrotta 24 A lower east side rebel: Miguel Piñero’s Defiance of 285 Puerto Rican Nationalist Identity Roberto Sánchez Zayas Authors Editors: Prof. Dr. Wim Rutgers s (Aruba) Dr. Sally J. Delgado  (Puerto Rico)  Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Echteld (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Ronald Severing (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Nicholas Faraclas (Puerto Rico