Highlights from our 2019 Calendar Francis De Lima was a graphic artist, video film producer, sound engineer, performing artistes, songwriter and music producer. He was also an avid and dedicated basketball player. He was a founding member of the Kronic…Read More
Kwéyòl Lecture by Dr. Travis Weekes
Chanté Kwéyòl and the National Committee for the Francophonie invite you to the inaugural Kwéyòl Lecture delivered by Dr. Travis Weekes. The lecture is under the theme “Gwandi Mezon-an, nou bizwen pli chanm”. A proposal to broaden the scope and…Read More
Preparations for the Flower Festivals of Saint Lucia
The Festivals “Preparations for the respective La Rose and La Marguerite festivals begin several months before the actual feast days, 30th August for the “Roses” and 17th October for the “Marguerites”. Each group would rent a hll (if it does…Read More
LITERARY HIGHLIGHT: Celebrating Our People – “Ovalea’s Bedtime Story To The Third Child” by Kendel Hippolyte
OVALEA’S BEDTIME STORY TO THE THIRD CHILD by Kendel Hippolyte “Child, listen: Earth is language, a millioning of words that never needed our translation. I tell you, if that man had listened – lion roared his name, rain brought messages…Read More
Chanté Kwéyòl to host Kwéyòl Writing Workshop in Vieux Fort
Chanté Kwéyòl presents “Apwann ékwi Kwéyòl”, a Kwéyòl Writing Workshop scheduled to be hosted in Vieux Fort on Saturday March 26th from 11am to 1pm. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn to write our language. Registration for this Workshop…Read More
Local Artist Alexandra Grant’s work selected to be featured in Exhibition and Book “Visions of Forced Labor”
Congratulations to Alexandra Grant on her cartoons being selected by a panel of professionals, experts and personalities to be featured in the international exhibition and related book, based on the cartoon competition “What if your pencil was a tool against…Read More
GWAN GWÈK KILTÉ: Celebrating Our People – Ignatius “Invader” Tisin, SLMM
Highlights from our 2019 Calendar Saint Lucian Calypsonian Ignatius “Invader” Tisin, SLMM is a long standing contributor to the calypso and soca artform in Saint Lucia. Four-time Calypso Monarch and seven-time Road March Champion, he was one of the first…Read More
Structure of the Flower Festivals of Saint Lucia
“The Roses and the Marguerite are floral societies into which some members of the St Lucian community divide themselves. Although these floral societies remain primarily singing associations today, there was a time when they formed “important segments of the island’s…Read More
LITERARY HIGHLIGHT: Celebrating Our People – “Alice Of Wonderland” by Gyanchand Rayman
ALICE OF WONDERLAND by Gyanchand Rayman Against the high wind on the opposite bank of this dividing river the wild wind roused in me, the spirit of young Vasco da Gama tempting the love in her ocean deep eyes The…Read More