The public must have a clarification of the Caribbean Press

Jan 27, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
Minister of Sport and Culture, Dr Frank Anthony must be acknowledged for his ability to muster representation for his administrational hiccups [A] he was able to conscript Ivor Thom who attributed powers and authority to himself and become the uneasy spokesman for the misplaced 1823 Monument, a direct responsibility of the Minister. Now Dr. David Dabydeen has come in defence of the esoteric ‘Caribbean Press’. But since Dr. Dabydeen is by no means the Oracle of Delphi or of Manoa, his letter must be contained within its content and clarified as describing the most bizarre publishing arrangement I have so far been exposed to in principle.
I have had published and self published for over twenty three years, but never in my years of self publishing have I attributed a Logo or Trademark to the cover of my publication that did not pay for its existence. It’s unthinkable, unless the Minister was seeking some kind of credibility and legitimacy using the said Logo; as I said ‘Bizarre.’
The Minister must step forward from his inner sanctuary, proceed beyond his sect of Viziers and engage the local writers and explain why a tax payer funded publishing arrangement is treated as if it is a private sector company designed to facilitate the specific agenda of its financiers. The public must have a clarification of the Caribbean Press, [A] who is its Chairman [B] Who decides what is ‘Literary Culture,’ what constitutes a peer reviewed Press? [C] Is its mandate truly elitist and democratically void as its secret existence implies.? [D] Now that Ruel Johnson has responded to Dr. Dabydeen’s pronouncement about giving up his honorary position as editor and has volunteered his own participating services, the next step would be to lower the bridge and open the gates, to come clean on the Caribbean Press, I too am completely interested in engaging the procedures of its Mission Statement.
Some years ago we waited breathless for the release of Anna Benjamin’s book on the 1763 Rebellion, I approached her constantly on its release. I must confess the lady seemed as bewildered as I was about the release of this publication. It was mentioned in Dr. Dabydeen’s letter Tuesday Jan. 15 Stabroek News, I have not yet seen it in the section reserved for the ‘Guyana Classics’ since I have purchased many of those republished editions, which I must now assume is the Caribbean Press corner at Austin’s Book store. I think that I am vindicated when I publically stated that there is need for a separate Ministry of Culture; open and Managed by persons who have persevered in shaping the post independence decolonization of Guyanese Culture, and who know the landscape.
Barrington Braithwaite

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