Dominica – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

Beloved Discordia

Discordia Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal, 2004, 68 min 40 s On September 9, 2002, a scheduled appearance by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked heated debate at Montreal’s Concordia University. By the end of the day, the “Concordia riot” has made international news, from CNN to Al-Jazeera. This film documents the fallout from that […]

Dominica Carib Chief Seeks Legislation Barring Intermarriage

Allow me to post the news article before proceeding to offer a personal comment. The Associated Press, in rare coverage of a Caribbean indigenous community, published the following news on Friday, May 9, 2008: Dominica rejects legislating intermarriage to save tribe Fri May 9, 11:12 PM ET ROSEAU, Dominica – The leader of the last […]

Dominica, Caribs, and a German U-boat? The problem of why “we always get people like you.”

It is September of 1998. I am visiting with a former Chief of the Dominica Carib Territory, in the presence of another who in subsequent years would also be elected Chief of the Carib Council. We are sitting alone, the three of us, in the back pew of the Roman Catholic Church in Salybia. The […]