Stories about Bahamas from February, 2009
Bahamas: Say “No” to Violence vs. Women
“One in three women on this side of the world will experience violence in her lifetime”: Womanish Words says that the woman’s right to live a life free of violence will only become important to the Bahamian government “when we demand it.”
Bahamas, St. Lucia: Poetry in Motion
Scavella's Blogosphere features two new poems that are profiled at Tongues of the Ocean, an online literary journal of Bahamian and Caribbean poetry.
Bahamas: Artistic Tourism
“All studies about the creative industries…and tourist development indicate that a failsure way of driving tourists to a destination is by creating a purpose for them to visit…but a word of caution to those…who think that they can develop such festivals without the participation and buy-in of the cultural community:...
Bahamas, Jamaica: Cultural Solidarity
Bahamian blogger Nicolette Bethel has called for the observation of a Day of Absence today in honour of all cultural workers – Womanish Words and Jamaican Geoffrey Philp are showing their solidarity.
Bahamas: Day of Absence
“Until we invest and believe in our art, and until we respect our artists, our country will never even be”: Nicolette Bethel calls “for a Day of Absence in honour of all cultural workers in The Bahamas and around the world.”
