ShowDiasporic Music
Broadcast TitleDr. Wendy C. Grenade; Jose Garcia; Ecko Records Music
Broadcast Date2013-10-13
Record Date2013-10-13
SummaryRichmond interviews professor and author Dr. Wendy C. Grenade. Dr. Grenade teaches politics at the University of the West Indies, Barbados campus. She has just edited a book due out in 2014, titled 'Grenada Once Again: Revisiting the 1983 Crisis and Collapse of the Grenada Revolution'. Special guest is Jose Garcia, who will discuss the ABC Islands, which consist of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. Jose Garcia was born in Aruba to Dominican parents exiled during Rafael Trujillo's regime. Garcia relocated to Canada via Columbia in 1965, where he worked for a Canadian company. Arriving in Toronto and encountering racism, Garcia has dedicated his life to the struggle for a better world. Music from Memphis, TN based Ecko Records recording artists, featuring Ms. Jody, Luther Lackey, Sheba Potts-Wright, Donnie Ray O.B. Buchana, Barbara Carr, and Carl Sims. Visit Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali on Facebook.