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P1 FREECULTURAL XPRESSION - MAY 2018 Culture CULTURAL XPRESSION - MAY 2018 P2 MAJORIN AFRO-CARIBBEAN FIGURES HISTORY PT 3 JOSEPH ROBERT LOVE, KNOWN AS DR. ROBERT LOVE (2 OCTOBER 1839 – 21 NOVEMBER 1914) JOSEPH ROBERT of Toussaint Louver- 1873-1875 for two LOVE, known as ture, one of Haiti’s years. After the Dr. Robert Love (2 famous founding fa- Delaware confer- October 1839 – 21 thers. ence in 1878 to dis- November 1914), In 1870, Rev. Jo- solve the National was a 19th-centu- seph Robert Love Grand Lodge both ry Bahamian-born was deputized by states agreed upon medical doctor, the Independent a merger between clergyman, teach- Grand Lodge of New the Most Worship- er, journalist, and York to organize ful Sovereign Grand politician. He lived, lodges in the South. Lodges and Union studied, and worked In compliance with Grand Lodge of successively in the his commission he Compact National Bahamas, the Unit- organized the first Grand Lodge orga- ed States of Amer- Independent Grand nized in June 25, ica, Haiti, and Ja- Lodge of Florida and 1875 the Florida/ maica. Love spent Georgia. He served Georgia. In Florida the last decades of as the 1st Most the Prince Hall Affil- Joseph Robert Love, known as Dr. Robert Love his life in Jamaica, Worshipful Grand iated body is known (2 October 1839 – 21 November 1914), where he held polit- Master of Prince as the Most Wor- ical office, published October 1839. He Buffalo in New York. Hall Freemasonry shipful Union Grand a newspaper, and worked as a teach- He subsequent- for two years 1870- Lodge Most Ancient advocated for the er before going to ly moved to Haiti, 1872 in the Most and Honorable Fra- island’s black ma- Florida, where he where he served Worshipful Sover- ternity, Free and jority. became a clergy- as the rector of an eign Grand Lodge Accepted Masons, man in the Episco- Anglican church in of Florida and in State of Florida Early life, educa- palian Church. He Port-au-Prince and the Most Worship- and Belize, Central tion and fraternal also studied med- held a high post in ful Sovereign Grand America, Jurisdic- affiliations icine and obtained the country’s med- Lodge of Georgia tion, Incorporated Love was born in a medical degree ical department. the Bahamas on 2 at the University of Love was an admirer CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 AFRO-CARIBBEAN - SIR DEREK ALTON WALCOTT PT 3 SIR DEREK AL- os which he be- cott. Walcott mar- TON WALCOTT, lieves Walcott fails ried a second time KCSL, OBE, OCC to successfully sus- to Margaret Mail- (23 January 1930 – tain over its entire- lard in 1962, who 17 March 2017). ty. Although Omer- worked as an almo- Kirsch calls An- os is the volume of ner in a hospital, other Life Walcott’s Walcott’s that usu- and together they “first major peak” ally receives the had two daugh- and analyzes the most critical praise, ters, Elizabeth, painterly qualities Kirsch believes that and Anna; they of Walcott’s imag- Midsummer is his divorced in 1976. ery from his earli- best book. In 1976, Walcott est work through His poetry, as married for a third to later books like spoken perfor- time, to actress Tiepolo’s Hound. He mance, appears Norline Metivier (di- also explores the briefly in the sam- vorced in 1993). He post-colonial politics pled sounds in the Walcott at an honorary dinner in Amsterdam, was survived by his in Walcott’s work, music album of the 20 May 2008 - Photo by Wiki longtime compan- calling him “the group Dreadzone. ion, Sigrid Nama, postcolonial writer Their track enti- filmmaker Ida Does Personal life a former art gallery par excellence.” He tled ‘Captain Dread’ released “Poetry is In 1954 Walcott owner. calls the early poem from the album an Island”, a fea- married Fay Mos- Walcott was also “A Far Cry from Af- ‘Second Light’ incor- ture documentary ton, a secretary, known for his pas- rica” a turning point porates the fourth film about Derek but the marriage sion for travelling in Walcott’s devel- verse of Walcott’s Walcott’s life and ended in divorce in to countries around opment as a poet. 1990 poem ‘The the ever-present in- 1959. They had a Like Logan, Kirsch Schooner Flight’. fluence of his birth- son, the St Lucian CONTINUED is critical of Omer- In 2013 Dutch place of St Lucia. painter Peter Wal- ON PAGE 4 P3 CULTURAL XPRESSION - MAY 2018 Culture MARCH 2018 - CULTURAL XPRESSION - PG 4 Culture CULTURAL XPRESSION - MAY 2018 P4 ST MARTIN BOOK FAIR AFRO-CARIBBEAN JOSEPH ROBERT LOVE JUNE 1-3 2018 ..FROM P2 MARIGOT/ GREAT BAY (April 8, Prince Hall Affiliated chairman of the 2018)—What better and Most Worshipful Saint Andrew Paro- way to announce the Prince Hall Grand chial Board, as well date of St. Martin Book Lodge of Georgia as a justice of the Fair 2018? Out of the Free and Accepted peace in Kingston, mouths and actions Masons the Kingston Gen- of babes! First grad- Political career eral Commissions er Timothy (in photo) After 10 years in and as a trustee of and his baby brother Joshua heard on SOS Haiti, Love moved Wolmer’s schools. radio 95.9 FM, “about to Jamaica in 1889. Love published two the financial difficul- There he started works, Romanism ty that the Book Fair the Jamaica Advo- is Not Christianity Committee, BFC, is cate, which became (1892), and St. Pe- facing at this recovery period in St. Martin,” an influential news- ter’s True Position in said Shujah Reiph, the paper on the island. the Church, Clearly literary festival coordi- Love used the pa- Traced in the Bible nator. The boys “asked per as a forum to (1897). In 1906 their mother to break express his concern Love’s health be- their piggy bank and give their savings to- for the living con- gan to deteriorate, ward the organizing ditions of Jamaica’s and by 1910 he had of the 16th annual St. black population. been forced to end Martin Book Fair,” said He was a staunch his political career. Shujah. advocate of access He died on 21 No- About three years before this March to education for the vember 1914, and goodwill contribution, majority of the pop- was buried in the Shujah had spoken to brought by their mom ture,” said Shujah. ed Timothy with the ulation. He believed parish church yard an early stimulation to meet Shujah last Shujah and Timothy newest published-in- that girls, like boys, at Half Way Tree, class on the impor- March, Timothy told met again at SOS ra- St. Martin storybook, should receive sec- near the city of tance of reading. Un- the book fair coordi- dio’s Lazy Bay fair of Ti Koko and Kush beknown to Shujah, nator: “You motivat- “Made in St. Martin/ Kush by Virgin Islands ondary school edu- Kingston. Love’s ac- Timothy was a pupil in ed me to read and I St. Maarten” foods, author Dr. Patricia G. cation. tivism in favor of Ja- the class and went on don’t want the book books, and arts and Turnbull. And the date In 1906, Love maica’s economical- to develop a love for fair to stop.” “The BFC crafts (3.31.18). As of this year’s St. won the Saint An- ly depressed black reading. is thankful to Timothy a thank you gift to Martin Book Fair? drew Parish seat of majority influenced When Timothy and Joshua for their Timothy and Josh- The island-wide “book and his brother were heart-warming ges- ua, Shujah present- fair for the entire fam- the Jamaican House later Jamaican and ily” will take place on of Representatives Caribbean activists, June 1 – 2, 2018. in general elections. including Marcus (CLF photo.) He also served as Garvey. SIR DEREK ALTON WALCOTT PT 3....FROM PAGE 2 the world. He split es of work. was 87. He was giv- his time between en a state funeral on New York, Boston, Death Saturday, 25 March, and St. Lucia, and Walcott died at with a service at the incorporated the in- his home in Cap Es- Cathedral Basilica fluences of different tate, St. Lucia, on of the Immaculate areas into his piec- 17 March 2017. He Conception in Cas- tries and burial at Morne Fortune. Legacy In 1993, a public square and park lo- cated in central Cas- tries, Saint Lucia, was named Derek Walcott Square. The Saint Lu- cia National Trust acquired Walcott’s childhood home at 17 Chaussée Road, Castries, in Novem- ber 2015, renovat- ing it before open- ing it to the public as Walcott House in January 2016. P5 CULTURAL XPRESSION - MAY 2018 Community Development ST. MARTIN, VIRGIN ISLANDS WRITERS, POOLSIDE AT ANGUILLA LIT FEST 2018 Mrs. Gro Strand Griffin kept her promise of four years back, to enter- tain the children of Sint Maarten with a very personal story, supported by music and dance. Ti Koko and Kush Kush by Patricia G. Turnbull (Virgin Islands), a story- book that helps children cope with loss, feel for other children affected by a natural disaster such as a hurricane, and love their island’s natural environment. GREAT BAY, Koko and Kush Kush from her native St. ST. MARTIN (May (HNP, 2018) for the Lucia. 18, 2018)—“We are book fair’s island St. Martin poet, happy that the An- and tourist guests, blogger, and teach- guilla Literary Fes- said Sample. er Faizah Rochelle tival invited writers Ti Koko and Kush Ward, will recite her Dr.