International Creole Month 2018 and Calypso History Month 2018
Jeudi, 18 Octobre, 2018 - 17:14
Patwa ka viv toujou!! Patois is still alive!!
We are pleased to announce an exciting series events for International Creole Month, right here in T&T! October is Calypso History Month, and Patois is the root language of Kaiso!
Nou kontan di zòt i ni anpil bagay pou sélébwé Mwa Kwéyòl Toupatou asou Latè-a, isit a Latwinité épi Tabag. Òktòb sé Mwa Listwa Kayso, épi Kwéyòl sé lanng wasin Kayso!
Click on the links of each event below (where available) for the Event Pages.
- Look back at TV6’s Morning EditionPatwa-Nou, Kilti-Nou (Our Patois, Our Culture), with Fazir Mohammed, interviewing Michelle Mora Foderingham, Nnamdi Hodge, and Jo-Anne S. Ferreira, as part of its Patriotic History Celebrations (Independence to Republic Day - August to September 2018).
- 7. Monday 17 September 2018 (Michelle and Jo-Anne)
- 6. Monday 10 September 2018 (Michelle)
- 5. Monday 3 September 2018 (Michelle and Jo-Anne)
- 4. Monday 27 August 2018 (Michelle and Nnamdi)
- 3. Monday 20 August 2018 (Michelle, Nnamdi and Jo-Anne)
- 2. Monday 13 August 2018 (Michelle and Nnamdi)
- 1. Monday 6 August 2018 (Michelle and Nnamdi)
Michelle Mora Foderingham on TV6 Morning Edition 10-09-18
- Saturday 15 September/Sanmdi 15 Sèptanm: Alliance Française Open Day 2018 - Flash Patois
- Wednesday 19 September/Mèkwédi 19 Sèptanm: Vwé Kafé (Documentary Short at the T&T Film Festival)
Vwé Kafé
- Wednesday 26 September/Mèkwédi 26 Sèptanm to/jik Sunday 16 December/Dimanch 16 Désanm: Caribbean Yard Campus’ 12-week Nou Ka Palé Patwa course (now moved to 16 January to 6 April in Paramin)
Nou Ka Palé Patwa
- Thursday 4 October to Sunday 28 October/Jédi 4 Òktòb jik Dimanch 7 Òktòb - Sing de Chorus Calypso Musical (matinée in POS in mid-October!)
- Alliance Française Patois Classes, every Monday from 5:15 pm, starting on Monday 8 October up to 1 December. A theatre troupe from Guadeloupe, performing both in French and Patois (French Creole/Kwéyòl) will be coming. Stay tuned!
Annou apwann palé Kwéyòl!
- Sunday 7 October/Dimanch 7 Òktòb: Lamès Kwéyòl Talparo - Talparo Patwa Mass 2018 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Talparo RC Church, with Fr Cornelius Phillip (10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
- Creole lunch on sale at $45 a ticket: choice of fish, pork or chicken with coo-coo, provision, callaloo, pigeon peas and salad, and a drink (water or juice). Call/kwiyé 767 7961 for tickets and more details.
- Saturday 13 October/Sanmdi 13 Òktòb: Patois Mass at St Anthony’s RC Church, Petit Valley, at 6:00 p.m.
- Saturday 20 October/Sanmdi 20 Òktòb: Annou Palé Patwa with Kevon Swift, hosted by Toastmasters Trinidad & Tobago and MDA Toastmasters Club, from 3:29 to 6:00 p.m.:
Annou Palé Patwa!
- Sunday 21 October/Dimanch 21 Òktòb:Sé Yon Bagay Patwa 2018! - It’s a Patois Thing 2018! - Concert in Talparo (2:00 to 6:00 p.m.) - call/kwiyé 663 9509 or 767 7961 for tickets and more details.
Sé Yon Bagay Patwa - It's a Patois Thing
- Thursday 25 October/Jèdi 25 Òktòb: UWI Creole Day: Annou Alé Ansanm (AAA) - Moving Forward Together! (1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Centre for Language Learning, UWI, St. Augustine), co-hosted by the Department of Modern Languages & Linguistics - DMLL - at... and the Department of Creative and Festival Arts, UWI at the Centre for Language Learning, UWI, St Augustine. Guest speakers include Raphaël Confiant of the Université des Antilles and Wendy Dyemma of the Alliance Française Trinidad and Tobago, with performances (kaiso, poetry and theatre) by staff and students of the two host Departments
- Sunday 28 October/Dimanch 28 Òktòb: Jounen Kwéyòl Entennasyonnal - International Creole Day
- Sunday 28 October/Dimanch 28 Òktòb: Patois Day in Paramin (Patois Mass and Market) (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)