EXPERIENCE
PRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATION
2006-13 Public Lectures:
- Cover Down Yuh Bucket: The Story of Sticklicking in Barbados, UWI, Cave Hill
- Shilling the Guitar Man, UWI, Cave Hill.
- Bajan Folk Music, UWI, Cave Hill
- Waiting for this Day: Cropover and the Emancipation of the Barbadian Mind, Emancipation Lecture, Frank Collymore Hall
- Landship - Mek it Live! - UWI, Cave Hill
1966-90 Developed and produced:
- Crop Over Festivals
- National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA)
- Barbados/Caribbean Jazz Festivals
- International Guitar Festivals
- ESSO Festival of Caribbean Dance
- ESSO Festival of Drama (On stage and on television)
- ESSO European Classical Music Festival
- ESSO Play writing Competition
- YORUBA Calypso Festivals
- YORUBA People’s Bumbatuk
- YORUBA People’s Abereke
- Also produced and presented several dramatic, dance, musical, poetry, education, film, art exhibitions, festivals, lectures and training programs on stage, radio and television. In addition, produced several recordings and published several books by various authors on poetry, law and culture, some of which are outlined below.
DRAMA
- 1979 Stage I: Mother Poem - YORUBA Yard
- Dem Two and Gabby - YORUBA Yard
- UWI: Ladies in Waiting - YORUBA Yard
- 1978 Writers Workshop - YORUBA Yard.
- 1974 All O’ We - Various Schools
- 1973 Dem Two - Various Schools
- 1968-69 Community Theatre: Various community centres and pastures
- 1968 B’dos National Theatre Workshop: Drama Moderne - Queen’s
- Park Theatre
- 1968 B’dos National Theatre Workshop: Henri Christophe - Queen’s
- Park Theatre
- 1967 B’dos National Theatre Workshop: A Raisin in The Sun -
- Queen’s Park Theatre
- Derek Walcott’s Basement Theatre - St. Winifred’s School
DANCE
- 1978 Youthbridge, Conn. U.S.A. - YORUBA Yard,
- Finals of Nation Dance Competition - Globe Cinema
- Les Fleurs, Martinique - YORUBA Yard
- Los Enfants, Trinidad - YORUBA Yard
- Nation Dance Competition - YORUBA Yard
- Abereke, YORUBA People - YORUBA Yard
- 1977 Bumbatuk!, YORUBA People - YORUBA Yard
- Nigerian Cultural Troupe - Kensington Oval
- 1976 Nigerian Independence Celebration Presentation - Marine House
- 1974 Bajan Landship, YORUBA People - Mt. Benedict, Trinidad
MUSIC
- 1979 Hallelujah Group International, Guyana - YORUBA Yard
- Gospel Music - YORUBA Yard
- Lord Melody in Concert - YORUBA Yard
- 1978 King JaJa Calypso Tents - YORUBA Yard
- 1977 Quiet Storm, with Gabby and Phillip Bannister - YORUBA Yard
- Courtyard Concerts - YORUBA Yard
- 1974 Olatunji in Concert - National Stadium
- Ras Boanerges and the Sons of Thunder from Jamaica -
- YORUBA House, UWI, and various. schools
- 1973 Courtyard Concert - Barbados Museum
- 1967-69 Jazz and Poetry - The Beau Brummel, Number One
POETRY
- 1976 Edward Kamau Brathwaite - YORUBA House
- 1975 Writers Workshop - YORUBA House
- 1974 Robin Dobru (Poet) and Bashu (Drummer), Surinam -
- YORUBA House, various schools and community centres
- Bruce St. John - YORUBA House
- 1969-70 Black Night - The Fishnet
EDUCATIONAL
- 1984-86 THE EMANCIPATION LECTURES: A series of lectures by the staff of the UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados, to mark the 150th Anniversary of Emancipation, Barbados
- 1979 Dialogue: “Is There a Future for Black Business?”: A Symposium in 11 parts - YORUBA Yard “African Music”: A lecture by Prof Kwabena Nketia of University of Ghana, YORUBA Yard, Barbados
- 1977 The Australian Aborigine - YORUBA Yard
- 1970-76 Lectures and Readings - YORUBA House & Yard
- John Oliver Killens Novelist, U.S.A.
- John Henrik Clarke, Historian, U.S.A.
- Richard B. Moore, historian, Barbados/U.S.A.
- Jan Carew, Novelist, Guyana
- Earl Augustus, Writer, Trinidad
- Ahmadu Jarr, Drummer, Sierra Leone
- Kole Omotoso, Writer, Nigeria
- Barbara Ann Teer, Actress, U.S.A.
- Ben Addae, Lawyer, Ghana
- Austin Tom Clarke, Novelist, Barbados /Canada
- Boscoe Holder, Artist & dancer, Trinidad
- Joseph Dube, ZANU, Zimbabwe
- Dr. E. Zapata, Artist, Columbia
- Fred Carty, Writer, Trinidad
- Prof. Sinclair Drake, UCLA, USA
- 1975 “The African Experience”, A symposium in 5 parts - YORUBA House
- 1971 Drama and Dance Classes at various schools
- Lectures and readings by various Barbadian artists at various schools
- 1969-74 Open House Weekly discussions on all aspects of Barbadian culture - YORUBA House
- 1968 Readings by Sam Selvon - Various schools
- 1966 Readings by George Lamming - Various Schools
FILM
- 1978 Produced commercial on film for Cadbury (Nigeria) Ltd. of traditional African market
- ‘Black heritage’ film on Black Arts Festival in Nigeria -
- YORUBA Yard
- Last Grave to Dimbazee and Soweto Riots - YORUBA Yard
- Short Swedish Films Award winners at Cannes Film Festival -
- YORUBA Yard
- 1977 “Traditional Festivals in Nigeria” - YORUBA Yard
- Roots, Alex Haley’s film - YORUBA Yard
- “YORUBA People” dance for CBC TV.
ART EXHIBITIONS
- 2003 Jamaican Artists at Queen’s Park Gallery, Bridgetown, Barbados.
- 1979 Permanent Exhibition of Bajan Artists at Bank of America, Barbados
- 1978 ‘Tribute to Ivan Payne’ - B’dos National Bank
- Phil Bannister - YORUBA House
- Dawn Scott, Jamaican Artist - YORUBA Yard
- 1977 ‘An Oshogbo Artist’ - Adeniji Adeyemi, Nigeria - Pelican Art
- Gallery
- 1973 Young YORUBA Artists’ - YORUBA House
- 1970 76 Exhibitions of various Artists: Roger Moore, Clifford Hobbs,
- Fielding Babb, et al - Bank of America