Marcus Garvey at King's House

On Thursday, October 25, 2007, King's House was the site of the launch of the illustrated biography Marcus Garvey in its 3 separate English, French and Spanish language editions. After a welcome by the Governor General His Excellency the Most. Hon. Prof. Kenneth Hall, guests were treated to 2 very powerful messages from Enid Courtney, Lady President of the UNIA Jamaica Chapter and from Shirley Campbell Barr the Costa Rican translator of the spanish edition, who spoke on behalf of the Garvey communities of Central America. The book was formally launched by The Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica and the Author, Suzanne Francis-Brown, made presentations to the National Library of Jamaica, the Jamaica Library Service to Liberty Hall.

At left: PM Golding and Suzanne Francis Brown make a presentation to a representative from Liberty Hall

Above: Publisher Ian Randle makes a presentation of all 3 editions to Prime Minister Golding

3 events in 3 places

IRP was in Bridgetown, Barbados; London, England and Frankfurt, Germany last week as Elaine, Ian and Christine (respectively) each ventured to these varying parts of the world to showcase our books. Hundreds of participants converged at Bridgetown for the ASWAD (Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora) conference. The word was, WORDPOWER was a hit as the first
only International Black Literature Festival & Book Fair in the world, held at the Emirates Arsenal Stadium Conference Hall in London. The Frankfurt Bookfair was, as it always is, HUGE, as hundreds of publishers from across the world gathered to do business in Germany - AND we were there! From the Caribbean to the World.

From the Harvard International Review

THOMSON FONTAINE reviews

The Practice of Economic Management:
A Caribbean Perspective

In this compelling selection of 22 essays, Dr. Courtney Blackman, the founding governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, lays out a clear and concise description of economic issues affecting the Caribbean within a broader political context. The essays are sharply critical and insightful in their analyses of economic policies set within the context of small developing Caribbean economies and their unique colonial histories and cultures. The lessons drawn, however, are not limited to the Caribbean region; all have larger global significance of their own.

Taken from

Harvard International Review

Vol. 28 No. 4 (Winter 2007) issue