A Survey on Mentorship in the Library Profession in Trinidad and Tobago

Author(s):  
Unika Omowale ◽  
Dionne Spears-Frontin
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Malek Abdel-Shehid

Calypso is a popular Caribbean musical genre that originated in the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The genre was developed primarily by enslaved West Africans brought to the region via the transatlantic slave trade during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Although West-African Kaiso music was a major influence, the genre has also been shaped by other African genres, and by Indian, British, French, and Spanish musical cultures. Emerging in the early twentieth century, Calypso became a tool of resistance by Afro-Caribbean working-class Trinbagonians. Calypso flourished in Trinidad due to a combination of factors—namely, the migration of Afro-Caribbean people from across the region in search of upward social mobility. These people sought to expose the injustices perpetrated by a foreign European and a domestic elite against labourers in industries such as petroleum extraction. The genre is heavily anti-colonial, anti-imperial, and anti-elitist, and it advocated for regional integration. Although this did not occur immediately, Calypsonians sought to establish unity across the region regardless of race, nationality, and class through their songwriting and performing. Today, Calypso remains a unifying force and an important part of Caribbean culture. Considering Calypso's history and purpose, as well as its ever-changing creators and audiences, this essay will demonstrate that the goal of regional integration is not possible without cultural sovereignty.


Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Collence Takaingenhamo Chisita ◽  
Nyarai Patience Chibanda

The development of libraries in any country is critical for its socio-economic transformation especially during this 21st century era where access to information and knowledge underpins development. The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) launched the Global Vision Project in 2017 as a way of strengthening library throughout the world. The project has seen over 190 countries participating worldwide. For most nations, especially those in the developing countries, this has indeed created platforms for strong and united library associations that are powering literate, informed and participative societies. A number of countries in Africa including Zimbabwe have taken the initiatives to participate in the IFLA Global Vision. This article seeks to examine the challenges and opportunities   for librarians in Zimbabwe in building a united library field. It will also scrutinize the road travelled by librarians in Zimbabwe in their pursuit of a vision to reposition their libraries on the global library landscape. The   article will also study the factors affecting the development of a unified library sector in Zimbabwe. It will also explore how the national professional association Zimbabwe Library Association (ZIMLA) can contribute towards a unified library profession through collaboration. The article also proposes a strategy to enhance cooperation among librarians in Zimbabwe.


Author(s):  
Galina M. Ageeva

Article continues a scale and inexhaustible theme “Image of the book and libraryin fiction”. This time the attention of researchers was centred on M.Yelizarov’s postmodernist novel with the symbolic title “Librarian”. The meanings which were put by the writer in mystic and fantastic treatment of the book and library are reconstructed.The attempt of explanation of “key values” of the work from the positions of modern socio-cultural situation and development of literary and creative process was made. The author of the article comes to a conclusion that the perception of a phenomenon of book and an essence of library profession reflects outlook of several generations and is not beyond tradition, however doubtless interest is caused exactly by conceptual and style interpretation of ideas and images undertaken by the writer.


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