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The ONLY "Noise" I'm Hearing Is Coming From The "Ole Coolies" and "Old Douglas" On WST

Before I begin, I would like to share with you ALL, my attitude and opinions on RACISM. A couple years ago I wrote the following poem, titled None Of My Friends Are Niggers:

None of my friends are niggers
Though many (of them) are of African descent.

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"Jamal (Glynn) Using Pan As Music Therapy" Trinidad & Tobago Guardian

 

"The pan is now playing an important part in the rehabilitation and restoration of the mentally ill, thanks to music therapist, Jamal Glynn. In a programme now under way at the St Ann’s Mental Hospital Jamal is assigned to the Psychology Departmen

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"Steelpan missing from tourism month ad", Trinidad & Tobago Guardian.

How do you feel about this? This, in the birthplace of pan. In my opinion, this is what (so-called) "panists" get for forgetting their history, and disrespecting the leadership and contributions of yore. Now, you have an organization that is powerles

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Buh Wha' DIAZ Is Dis? Pan In Danger!

http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/2011/10/07/critical-shortage-drums-steelpans

 

Sometimes, I wonder if people understand the function of Pan Trinbago. Obviously, this "leader" does not, good intentions or otherwise. Oftentimes, I wonder if we all unde

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Dixieland Steel Orchestra Five get awards

Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. - They have been hailed as the “Liberators” of the steelband movement, and panmen. I’m talking about the Dixieland Steel Orchestra led by Curtis Pierre. It was only a few years ago the band, which blazed a trail in the 1960s,

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