Semi- Lime Series  
 
The Semi-Lime Series is one of the outreach programmes of the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.  It is designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas between researchers/practitioners and a cross-section of students, faculty, and the general public in an informal setting as part of the process of demystifying the notion of the university as an ivory tower.

The name  Semi-Lime has been  derived from the university-type  seminar and the  corner-lime/ rap session/ banter so  quintessentially Trinidadian

The name Semi-Lime has been derived from the university-type seminar and the corner-lime/rap session/banter so quintessentially Trinidadian that Derek Walcott has been inspired to rename it the "Limers' Republic."

Semi-Lime is held on the evening of the first Friday of the month (when the University is in session).  During the first hour (the proceedings of which are recorded for the benefit of future researchers) the guest of the month addresses the audience and fields questions on his/her chosen subject.  After this, he/she retires with members of the audience who may so desire to continue the discussion over drinks and snacks donated by patrons of the Semi-Lime.

Some of our past guests include Laurence Carrington (linguist), Bridget Brereton (historian), Chalkdust (calypsonian), David Rudder (calypsonian), Leroy Clarke (artist and poet), Sam Selvon (novelist), Garth St. Omar (novelist), James Isaiah Boodhoo (painter and novelist), Kim Johnson (journalist), and Pamela Franco (post-graduate student).

Semi-Lime is coordinated by Dr. Funso Aiyejina, Lecturer, Department of Liberal Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Education, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.