A thousand-year-old tooth has provided genetic evidence that the so-called “Taíno”, the first indigenous Americans to feel the full impact of European colonisation after Columbus arrived in the New World, still have living descendants in the Caribbean today.
Lucy Wrapson reports on her fieldwork analysing the curious cave paintings found on Isla de Mona, in the Caribbean, and their equally enigmatic artists.
This evening will see the launch of a new book - Teaching Caribbean Poetry - written for English teachers. The book is the latest outcome of an ambitious collaboration between the University of the West Indies and the University of Cambridge.
A determination to put poetry centre stage in schools and universities is the motivation behind the Caribbean Poetry Project. A conference in Cambridge brings the participants together to present to an audience of scholars and teachers.
Joy Juma, from Kenya, is among the first early-career conservation practitioners to take an innovative Masters programme at the University of Cambridge.
A new initiative which aims to give English teachers the confidence and skills to use more Caribbean poetry in lessons has been launched by an international team of academics, educationalists and poets.
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