This week, Book­shelf shines its light on a pow­er­ful new mem­oir that pro­vides an eye­wit­ness ac­count of one of T&T’s most sig­nif­i­cant his­tor­i­cal mo­ments—the Black Pow­er Rev­o­lu­tion.

Pro­gramme di­rec­tor of the Civ­ilian Con­ser­va­tion Corps (CCC), Ma­jor David Ben­jamin, says the par­tic­i­pants in the pro­gramme are show­ing the T&T pub­lic the true val­ue of our young peo­ple.

Prof Brid­get Br­ere­ton an­swers how the coun­try has done since set­ting out on the post-slav­ery, in­den­ture, and colo­nial gov­ern­ment dirt tracks on­to the high­way of self-gov­ern­ment and po­lit­i­cal in­de­pen­dence.

Ani­ta Mitchell is a full-time farmer, moth­er, and wife. She is an in­spi­ra­tion, show­ing courage, strength, and de­ter­mi­na­tion in over­com­ing chal­lenges.

Ros­alind Gen­tle cel­e­brat­ed her 100th birth­day on Sep­tem­ber 7, 2024. The ma­tri­arch was sur­round­ed by fam­i­ly, friends, and neigh­bours who gath­ered at the Biche Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre to mark the spe­cial oc­ca­sion.

Jael Joseph is a dy­nam­ic me­dia pow­er­house and award-win­ning sto­ry­teller from Do­mini­ca. With over 15 years of ex­pe­ri­ence in mar­ket­ing and me­dia pro­duc­tion, she has made a sig­nif­i­cant im­pact in the in­dus­try, bring­ing Caribbean voic­es to the fore.

The Women in Ac­tion for the Needy and Des­ti­tute (WAND) Foun­da­tion’s Den­im and Di­a­monds par­ty, one of its an­nu­al sig­na­ture events, held at the Res­i­dence Night­club last week­end, was a tremen­dous suc­cess.

The Ro­tary Clubs of T&T will host the Hats & Heels High Tea and Fash­ion Show on Sep­tem­ber 22 from 3 pm to 6 pm at Hy­att Re­gency Trinidad.

When a med­ical mis­di­ag­no­sis drove her to seek her own an­swers, Dr Stephanie Mo­hammed un­cov­ered the pas­sion and pur­pose of her life. Mo­hammed, along with a team, is lead­ing ground­break­ing re­search on Poly­cys­tic Ovary Syn­drome (PCOS) a con­di­tion that af­fects many women world­wide.

For­mer Trinidad Guardian ed­i­tor-in-chief Do­minic Kaliper­sad has been award­ed a spe­cial ci­ta­tion by the May­or of New York City, Er­ic Adams. The Cer­tifi­cate of Recog­ni­tion was pre­sent­ed to him at the Brook­lyn Caribbean Lit­er­ary Fes­ti­val (BCLF), which was held in Brook­lyn, New York City, USA, Sep­tem­ber 5-8.

Her faith has been the cen­tre­piece of her life, with her fam­i­ly be­ing the bedrock. Her very name, Ghenere, means God’s gift. She’s spent the last decade fo­cus­ing on in­spir­ing women to live their best lives.

Ghana-born T&T film­mak­er Yao Rame­sar has won yet an­oth­er award, this time in Cana­da—Best Film at the In­ter­na­tion­al Mo­tion Pic­ture Awards in Toron­to.