This Sun­day, as part of our Book­shelf se­ries on no­table women writ­ers, we step in­to the taut, un­flinch­ing world of Lu­cille Clifton, the Black Amer­i­can po­et who carved a space for qui­et re­sis­tance in con­tem­po­rary lit­er­a­ture.

Azz­izah Mo­hammed-Ma­jeed is an ad­vo­cate for em­pow­er­ing and up­lift­ing Mus­lim women. It was an easy de­ci­sion when her hus­band, Moulana Atif Ma­jeed Su­laimani, ap­proached her with the idea of pub­lish­ing a women’s mag­a­zine.

A tes­ta­ment to re­silience, per­se­ver­ance, and tenac­i­ty, Danielle Reid’s jour­ney has been a con­tin­u­ous pur­suit of per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al growth. Raised with a strong Chris­t­ian foun­da­tion, her par­ents im­bued in her val­ues that con­tin­ue to be fun­da­men­tal.

A folk dance troupe from Ra­jasthan, In­dia, re­ceived wide­spread praise and stand­ing ova­tions for their per­for­mance at the Lax­mi Narayan Tem­ple in Freeport on Wednes­day.

Al­ways the in­evitable cry of first-timers who ac­com­pa­ny me on my sam­pling trips in the Bon Ac­cord La­goon. On my fre­quent vis­its to the sea­grass beds in To­ba­go’s south­west, tur­tles are some of the more promi­nent guests, un­mis­tak­able by their re­mark­able speed un­der­wa­ter or their cau­tious heads peek­ing above the sur­face.

In a con­cert­ed ef­fort to ad­dress the sig­nif­i­cant pub­lic health chal­lenges posed by the Hu­man Pa­pil­lo­mavirus (HPV), the Sorop­ti­mist In­ter­na­tion­al Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (SITT) launched its Cer­vi­cal Can­cer Pre­ven­tion Cam­paign un­der the theme “Let’s Be HPV He­roes. End Cer­vi­cal Can­cer. Get Vac­ci­nat­ed.” This ini­tia­tive co­in­cid­ed with Cer­vi­cal Can­cer Aware­ness Month and the glob­al Cer­vi­cal Can­cer Pre­ven­tion Week.

Jazz sen­sa­tion Vaugh­nette Big­ford treat­ed her fans to a mu­si­cal jour­ney at her Af­ter The Mas soiree at Na­pari­ma Bowl, San Fer­nan­do, on March 8. Dressed in a beau­ti­ful pur­ple Zad and East­man gown, she cel­e­brat­ed women on In­ter­na­tion­al Women’s Day.

When did sports be­come a par­ty? Sports should in­spire, not ob­jec­ti­fy. That’s why Den­nise Dem­ming im­me­di­ate­ly said yes when asked to join Re­spect Her Game, an ini­tia­tive led by Dr Gabrielle Ho­sein to chal­lenge the sex­u­al­i­sa­tion of women and girls in sports.

This Sun­day, as part of our Book­shelf se­ries on no­table women writ­ers, we step in­to the rich­ly tex­tured world of Leila Aboulela, the Su­danese-born nov­el­ist who has carved a space for Is­lam­ic spir­i­tu­al­i­ty in con­tem­po­rary lit­er­a­ture.

Gospel artiste NISA, born Genisa St Hillaire, is ded­i­cat­ed to spread­ing mes­sages of hope and en­cour­age­ment through her mu­sic and tes­ti­mo­ny. She is set to host her third con­cert, Au­ro­ra, at the Cen­tral Bank Au­di­to­ri­um on May 24, start­ing at 6 pm. Known for her pow­er­ful pres­ence both in the stu­dio and on stage, NISA is ea­ger to con­tin­ue shar­ing her jour­ney and faith with her au­di­ence.

Phag­wa, or Holi, is up­on us—and in Trinidad, we wit­ness com­mu­ni­ty spaces puls­ing with colour, com­ing alive with chow­taal rhythms and the glow of Ho­li­ka Da­han pierc­ing the night. Cel­e­brat­ed this year be­tween March 13 to 17, this Hin­du fes­ti­val her­alds the tri­umph of good over evil, de­vo­tion over ar­ro­gance, and spring’s re­new­al over win­ter’s lull.

Wahi­da Mo­hammed-Nar­ine is cel­e­brat­ed as one of the coun­try’s lead­ing fe­male ed­u­ca­tors, but her jour­ney has been one of re­silience and de­ter­mi­na­tion. Ris­ing from pover­ty to promi­nence, she has over­come nu­mer­ous chal­lenges to achieve suc­cess.