At long last, the new edition of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital is slated for a November print release. An open access PDF will be made available after the initial print run, so please recommend to your library or purchase a copy if you can. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

patería/ makoumé/ kambrada/ friend & family A SMALL AXE @smallaxeproject.bsky.social VIDEO Contributors @doctorjc.bsky.social Krystal Ghisyawan @julianisenia.bsky.social @larrylafountain.bsky.social Moderated by @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social @vanessayperez.bsky.social smallaxe.net/sxprojects/k...

Perfect timing if you’re still looking for a (digital) copy of my book. 🙏🏽

Our spring issue is out! The issue, the first under the new editorial leadership of Christen Smith and Ryan Cecil Jobson, features beautiful cover art by Madjeen Isaac and articles on Black geographies, queer Black hip-hop discographies, and state violence and “witch talk” in the DR.

Our first issue under the editorial leadership of Christen A. Smith and Ryan Cecil Jobson begins with a letter to our readers marking a new chapter for the journal and grappling with the “struggle for liberation” that is the “very foundation of Black anthropology.”

📣 New Podcast! "5 July 1934: Couva Plantation riot" on @Spreaker #black #history #trinidad

The spring issue of @transformanthro.bsky.social —and debut issue with my coeditor Christen Smith—is out! Read for articles on Black geographies, state violence in Haiti/Quisqeya, and queer hip hop genealogies. Thanks to Madjeen Isaac for the cover art! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025...

“Foenem on that Popemobile”

This is so well done! At first I thought the Red Wedding comparison was a bit much but the analogy really came together as the article unfolded. I particularly enjoyed the perspective on labour and its connection to party politics in the existing dominant duopoly! 🇹🇹

Terrific reaction piece on outcome of last week’s Trinidad and Tobago election result by @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social medium.com/clash-voices...

My T&T 🇹🇹 election recap, “Red Wedding,” is up @CaribbeanClash. I reflect on the Dragon Gas fiasco, disaffected workers, and organized labor’s failure to chart an independent course beyond the two-party duopoly and the old politics of racial chauvinism. medium.com/clash-voices...

Tomorrow at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Upstate fam—come through for a book talk and a T&T election debrief fresh from today’s polls. ⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹

Thank you, World Boss, for ranking me on your list of favorite Caribbean intellectuals. 🙏🏽

“It doesn’t romanticise the Caribbean, but neither does it discard it. It understands the complexity of loving a place that hasn’t always known how to hold you.” Shayne de-Landè on West of West Indian. 💛 substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Soon 🙏🏽

Friday!

My father’s story about class, color, currency, and (anti)communism in the Jamaican 1970s is now the subject of a Storyworth podcast episode. Grateful for the opportunity to be in conversation with my Dad on this chapter in Caribbean history. t.co/157jzXndk1

Two events coming up in Bloomington, March 10-11. See you soon at IU and Red Bud Books!

An unforgettable moment. Thanks again to my comrades Michael Watts and William Balan-Gaubert!

I held on to this piece for quite a while, a personal essay and review of Brian Lara’s memoir. I hope you enjoy my second foray into cricket writing, which is to say a work of political writing as well. medium.com/clash-voices...

Next Thursday, Chicago!

Estêvão Willian can’t get to London fast enough.

Me at the energy studies working group

Blessed by the love for The Petro-state Masquerade in the Bocas Lit Fest book bulletin for today’s Trinidad Express. The reception from friends and comrades in T&T has been nothing short of incredible. ⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹

Fazeer Mohammed captures not only the state of West Indies Cricket, but the state of the West Indies themselves. A masterclass by @CaribCricket podcast. youtu.be/9f_6-J5KmeU?...

Jus’ reach 🙏🏽 ⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹

Chicago friends—we officially launch of The Petro-state Masquerade on Thursday, February 20 @SeminaryCoop. I’ll be joined in conversation by oil scholar par excellence, Michael Watts, and Caribbean philosopher (and Hyde Park legend) William Balan-Gaubert. www.semcoop.com/event/ryan-c...

Catch me at Rice Anthropology this Thursdsy in snowy H-Town!

Sexualities: patería/makoumé/kambrada/friend & family Keywords in Caribbean Studies Jacqueline Couti Krystal Ghisyawan @julianisenia.bsky.social @larrylafountain.bsky.social Moderated by @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social & Vanessa Perez-Rosario Friday, 7 March, 12:00pm RSVP: tinyurl.com/sxsexuality

🌟 Hosay Trinidad: A 35-Year Retrospective 📅 Jan 22, 1:00–2:30 PM 📍 Attend at SAR (Santa Fe) or stream on YouTube! 🎙️ Dr. Frank J. Korom explores how this ritual journeyed from the Middle East to the Caribbean, becoming a vibrant cultural tradition. FREE EVENT 🔗 Register: sarweb.org/date/hosay-t...

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Happy publication day to this book! After working on this project for a decade plus, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share this work with the world (and with it the wisdom of working people in Trinidad and Tobago). ⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹 @UChicagoPress press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

NYC friends — Find me at City College on Tuesday for another book talk on the Petro-State Masquerade. Zoom option available for all others!

Ok since people keep following me on here I guess I’ll post: if you’re going to be in Tampa next week, come to Book Club at the AAA! RSVP on Partiful for details partiful.com/e/sQcT2mhaKz...

The Petro-State Masquerade has a cover thanks to my friend and legendary artist, Christopher Cozier, and the design team at @UChicagoPress. ⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

So grateful to PREE Magazine for publishing my first ever work of short fiction on the political economy of whiteness and “brownness,” Manley’s Gun Court, and the Jamaican 1970s. t.co/aYpQXJdYHD

Bruh.