February 21, 2012,
Dear Brother Malcolm,
Forty-seven years…and you are still a light. Manhood personified. Thanks for the groundation.
N Oji Mzilikazi
Year: 2012
J’Ouvert Morning
It’s that time of the year again – Carnival in Trinbago. J’Ouvert is my thing. And in memory of that great thing – here is the poem: “J’Ouvert Morning” written in 1974, and which is included in my forthcoming book of poetry- “Shards of Glass,” along with a reworked version.
J’Ouvert Morning (1st Draft)
By N Oji Mzilikazi
Black History Month: Effective leadership
Black History Month: Effective leadership
By N Oji Mzilikazi
February 9, 2012
(Originally published in the Montreal Community Contact Volume 22, Number 03)
Beyond Sangre Grande: Caribbean Writing Today
Edited by Cyril Dabydeen
February 8, 2012
Caribbean literature has always been exciting and diverse, including over the past decades some of the world’s most regarded writers. Beyond Sangre Grande: Caribbean Writing Today brings together a contemporary selection from key poets and fiction writers living in Canada, the US, the UK, as well as various countries of the Caribbean.
Reflecting a changing world, and admitting diverse cultural influences and generational differences, these writers maintain a distinct Caribbean-ness in their acute historical awareness and in the cadences and rhythms of their language. This collection represents a range of voices, from the established and celebrated–Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott, Sam Selvon, Austin Clarke, Olive Senior—to the new and no less exciting moi- N Oji Mzilikazi.
Pick Up a copy today.
My contribution is a poem entitled: “Shards of Glass.”
Beyond Sangre Grande: Caribbean Writing Today
Publisher: TSAR Publications
ISBN: 978-1894770668
Law & Disorder: Police as Thieves
Law & Disorder: Police as Thieves
By N Oji Mzilikazi
January 26, 2012
(Originally published in the Montreal Community Contact Volume 22, Number 02)
Law, respect for rules, order, and justice are the pillars upon which a society is able to maintain social stability and a good quality of life. When it comes to criminality by law enforcement officials, the justice system is all too willing to go easy on cops…
Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas: What An Arsehole!
Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas: What An Arsehole!
By N Oji Mzilikazi
January 24, 2012
It’s a long-standing tradition for the winning teams of America’s major league sports to visit the White House and meet the President. The Boston Bruins won Hockey’s Stanley Cup in 2011, its first since 1972. Their White House visit was scheduled for January 23, 2012.
Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, the playoff MVP and winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy decided to put his politics ahead of the team. He refused to join his teammates at the White House.
His asinine statement on the NHL website, couching his hatred for President Barack Obama included, “the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the rights, liberties, and property of the people.”
George W. Bush spent 8 years in office. It was under Bush’s reign that anti-terror legislation and the like started to undermine civil liberties.
Obama inherited a system that was in a deficit, a tailspin and full of holes. Obama succeeded in bringing about the demise of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the biggest act of terrorism on American soil. Obama succeeded in bringing American troops home from Bush’s ill-advised and illegal war in Iraq.
And Thomas dares to act as if Obama is responsible for the pickle jar America has found itself in. Tim Thomas is an arsehole with a capital A.