Silver People Chronical 2009

• ▼  December (6)
  • You Won’t Find Our Story in Any History Book
  • And During Christmas Time… Sorrel!
  • The Westindian Business of Food and Me
  • The Emotional Ghosts
  • To All Our Beloved Mothers
  • The Lessons of Isolation Telling its Tale

• ▼  November (8)
  • Hateful Rumors
  • A Hard Year
  • The Art of Failing to Communicate
  • Having "Cojones"
  • The Setup
  • 1950
  • New Priests and Monkey Paws
  • Escaping Segregation in Death

• ▼  October (6)
  • A Pot of Rundon and Sensuality Calling
  • Miss Polly
  • The Black Christ of Portobelo is as Popular as Eve...
  • Our Silver Cemeteries Made it to the International...
  • Susú Messenger Boy and Slave
  • The Importance of Lineage and Ancestry

• ▼  September (8)
  • Ancestors, the Divine Creator and Us
  • African Derived Spiritual Home and Schooling
  • Caribbean Beji-Nite and the Santeria That I Knew
  • Life’s Equation Solved by African Derived Religion...
  • The African Tradition of the Matriarch Queen
  • From Purgatory to Beji-Nite
  • The Ceremonies in the Beji-Nite Religion
  • The Beji-Nite Heritage

• ▼  August (8)
  • The Beji-Nite Churches of My Youth
  • To Fall in Love With First Affections
  • Windows to Manhood
  • Seeking Models of Leadership
  • Seeking Models of Values
  • Seeking Models of Manhood Part II
  • Seeking Models of Manhood Part I
  • Growing Public Outcry Against Racism

• ▼  July (8)
  • The Westindian Community Receives Assistance
  • Harassment Against the Prohibited Immigrants
  • The Case for Admittance to Spanish Schools Mounts
  • The Panamanian News Media Speaks Out Against Racis...
  • The Christmas Reprobate and Scoundrel
  • "I Spent Time Just Like this with My Father"
  • Running from Home and School
  • Marked for a Lifetime

• ▼  June (8)
  • The 'Guana Dinner
  • Susú, the System of the Poor.
  • Del Marie
  • Susú and the Old Silver Barrios
  • My Summer Sonnet
  • A Clear and Clean Character
  • La Señora, the Archangel
  • The Police Got Juni! Part 2

• ▼  May (8)
  • The Police Got Juni! Part 1
  • A Mini Vacation
  • A Westindian Story at Grandmother’s Feet
  • Taking Refuge at my Grandmother’s Feet
  • By the Grace of God
  • Church
  • Snakes in the Grass
  • We Were the First Middle Class

• ▼  April (9)
  • Magnolia Neighbors to Remember
  • Fight or Flight
  • Barrio Boxers
  • First Experiences in Spanish Schools
  • My first Bout of Street Fighting
  • Negative Impact on Barrio Life
  • In The Matter of Employment
  • The Language and Nuances of the Putdown
  • The Westindian Panamanian Roots- Recalling My Gran...

• ▼  March (8)
  • A Short Trip Back to Our Roots
  • A Tribute to Alfred E. Osborne
  • Training Teachers of Excellence
  • Teacher’s Lash
  • Going to English School- Again
  • Why Are You Letting Them Take Your Picture?
  • Miss Blake’s Balcony School
  • Childhood Dreams of Seeking Schooling

• ▼  February (9)
  • No “Real Schools” in The Canal Zone or Panama
  • The Problem of Assimilation and Education
  • The Bloody Scenario
  • Go to the Commissary…You Can Do It!
  • To Grow Up Spanish
  • Learning From Observing
  • The Sears Radio Console
  • Demotions and Child Abuse
  • Family- The Flip Side of Labor

• ▼  January (10)
  • Death in the Barrio
  • The Death of Baby Lidia
  • Westindians in the News- Again
  • News of the Colored Community
  • A Right to be Different
  • The Correct and Moral Path
  • Don Pedro N. Rhodes
  • Some Champions Emerge
  • The Damaged First Generation
  • Scouting Amongst Panamanian Westindians