Tedx Irie

An offshoot of Ted talks has been established in Jamaica.  It goes by the name of Tedx Irie.

Videos are available on youtube.

Two of note are:   

Wayne Marshall - Jamaican musical innovations, foundation for modern cultural practice --  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ewGS0pccEs&feature=player_embedded#at=1060

Professor Carolyn Cooper - A Speck of Greatness: Repositioning Brand Jamaica  --  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB6ru-CFlUM&feature=related

Anthurium: A Caribbean studies journal-Bahamian issue

This month the Anthurium journal features Bahamian literature.

Anthurium, a peer reviewed Caribbean Studies Journal, publishes original works and critical studies of Caribbean literature, theater, film, art, and culture by writers and scholars worldwide exclusively in electronic form.

Read it here