Title	Islands and mainland (1991)
Watch Video	http://streaming.miami.edu:8080/ramgen/artscience/cariblitstudies/1991/1991_P07_entire.rm
Speaker	Kristensen, Randi Gray Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah, 1948- Frederick, Rawle
Host	Baugh, Edward
Summary	Baugh explains that many Caribbean writers have had the experience of growing up in the islands and then of moving to live on a continent and, occasionally, thereafter back to the islands. He shows where Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica are on the map and describes those islands briefly. Baugh interviews Barbadian novelist Kwadwo Kamau about his life and work as an immigrant to the United States. Next, Baugh interviews Rawle Frederick, Trinidadian author of poetry and short stories, about his life and work as an immigrant in Montreal, Canada, in Tanzania, and in Bermuda, where Frederick teaches and which Baugh jokingly refers to as "an honorary West Indian island." Baugh then talks with Randi Kristensen, a graduate student at Louisiana State University in sociology, an activist for immigrants whose homelands were affected by U.S. foreign policies, and an aspiring writer. Having spent her life traveling back and forth between Jamaica and America, she is interested in how people cope with differences in gender, culture, and class and argues that the "melting pot" is not the right metaphor for America, which must learn to accept differences. Baugh asks Frederick and Kamau about their experiences attending the CWSI. Kamau talks about his Barbadian grandmother and Baugh notes that grandmothers are often as influential as mothers in the Caribbean. The speakers comment on the influence of their travels on their writings.
Subjects	Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah, 1948- Frederick, Rawle Kristensen, Randi Gray West Indians -- Cultural assimilation Emigration and immigration in literature Travel in literature Barbadian literature Bermudian literature Caribbean literature Literature video
Publisher	University of Miami English Department
Date	1991
Physical Description	30 min, sound, color
Language	English
Web Site	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalInitiatives/cwsi/
Collection Title	Caribbean Writers Summer Institute Archival Video Collection
Collection No.	1
Program	Program 7. Caribbean writers and their art, 1991
Copyright	http://merrick.library.miami.edu/digitalprojects/copyright.html
Digital ID	1991_P07_entire.rm
Format	application/vnd-rn-realmedia
Type	MovingImage
Source	VHS