Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I thought about Columbus, Santa Maria, and the destruction >of America. I should like to go back to the West Indies. I should like to >understand the spirit of the remaining Caribeans, which is probably a very >complex and difficult matter. I know there are a few left on Dominica, and >at some small islands closer to the continent. Did any of you ever go there >with about the same intentions? No, but the book-length poem "Another Life" by Derek Walcott might interest you. He explores the history of the Caribs and the Conquerors and his own identity. - -Charlie