Anthea Japal: 3 books

In the West Indies, women are expected to be strong. Some of them are the cornerstone of numerous single-parent families, and they do their best, for better or for worse, to raise their children. The passivity of women underscores their collective sense of worth, and this plague is passed from mother...

Second only to religion, cricket is the most inspirational entity in the Caribbean and the British Commonwealth. And second only to the University of the West Indies, the most integrating factor in the English speaking Caribbean. As a Caribbean experience, it is arguably one of the most shared and...

Anansi and the Cow Belly is the portrayal of an iconic trickster named Brer Anansi in a mystical rural Caribbean village. He out hustles the local hustler, Compe Tig, the villages tailor and occasional butcher. The story is a perfect illustration of a father setting an example for his son and a son poised to follow in his fathers footsteps.