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February 2012 is Black History Month and The UWI Press honours the occasion by connecting its authors with their readers.

The UWI Press invites all to visit its Facebook page on Thursday 16^th and 23^rd February, when some of its authors will answer the question, How have the experiences of the enslaved, and the effect of slavery in Jamaica, been reflected in your book? 

Be one of the first three persons to write “UWI PRESS” on the UWI Press Facebook page before each author’s presentation to get a free chapter from each of the eight books that will be highlighted and for your chance to win a copy of one of these books!

You can also view each presentation live at http://tv.mona.uwi.edu/live. 

Schedule: 

Thursday 16^th February, 2012

1. 1.10pm – Jamaica in Slavery and Freedom: History, Heritage and Culture edited by Kathleen Monteith
2. 1.40pm – Caribbean Culture: Soundings on Kamau Brathwaite edited by Annie Paul
3. 2.10pm – Central Africa in the Caribbean: Transcending Time, Transforming Cultures by Maureen Warner-Lewis
4. 2.40pm – Inna di Dancehall: Popular Culture and the Politics of Identity in Jamaica by Donna P. Hope. 

Thursday 23^rd February, 2012

1. 1.10pm – Mona, Past and Present: The History and Heritage of the Mona Campus, University of the West Indies by Suzanne Francis-Brown
2. 1.40pm – A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655-1844 edited by Hilary McD. Beckles and Verene A. Shepherd
3. 2:10pm – Inside Jamaican Schools by Hyacinth Evans
4. 2:40pm – The African-Caribbean Worldview and the Making of Caribbean Society edited by Horace Levy  

To find out more, please contact the UWI Press at uwipress_marketing@cwjamaica.com, or visit UWI Press online.