ANSCAFE Books and Writers Anthony N. Sabga Awards E-News July-August 2015 | Volume 10 | Issue 4 ANSA McAL Group Chairman, A Norman Sabga, EPP Chairman, Sir Shridath Ramphal, and patron of the Carib- bean Awards for Excel- lence, Dr Anthony N Sabga, display a copy of Dr Sabga’s Autobiogra- phy at the launch in Port of Spain on August 26, at the Central Bank Auditorium. . A Will and a Way: The Autobiography of Dr Anthony N Sabga The cover of A Will and A Way, The Autobiography of Dr Anthony N Sabga A Will and a Way, the auto- biography of Dr Anthony N Sabga, was launched at the Central Bank Auditorium in Port of Spain on August 26, by Sir Shridath Ramphal, Chairman of the Regional Eminent Persons Panel. Sir Shridath praised the book as an invaluable record of a personal history of one of the most remarkable men in the modern Caribbean. Recalling that he had also been the Chancellor of the University of the West Indies in 1998, when Dr Sabga was presented with his Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Sir Shridath quoted from the encomium read on that occasion, which cele- brated Dr Sabga’s visionary leader- ship and entrepreneurial foresight. The evening was chaired by Mrs Linda Hadeed, of the ANSA McAL Foundation, and Dr Sabga’s eldest daughter. Also speaking was former chair of the Trinidad & Tobago CNC, Prof Bridget Brereton, who oversaw the co- writing and research with Raymond Ramcharitar. Mr Howard Sabga delivered remarks on behalf of Joe Sabga (Dr Sabga’s brother-in-law), and Stuart McKenna, a friend and relative by marriage, also spoke on how the idea of a biography of Dr Sabga came about through their conversations.
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ANSCAFE Books and Writers
Anthony N. Sabga Awards E-News
July-August 2015 | Volume 10 | Issue 4
ANSA McAL Group
Chairman, A Norman
Sabga, EPP Chairman,
Sir Shridath Ramphal,
and patron of the Carib-
bean Awards for Excel-
lence, Dr Anthony N
Sabga, display a copy of
Dr Sabga’s Autobiogra-
phy at the launch in Port
of Spain on August 26, at
the Central Bank
Auditorium.
.
A Will and a Way: The Autobiography of
Dr Anthony N Sabga
The cover of A Will and A
Way, The Autobiography of
Dr Anthony N Sabga
A Will and a Way, the auto-
biography of Dr Anthony N Sabga,
was launched at the Central Bank
Auditorium in Port of Spain on
August 26, by Sir Shridath
Ramphal, Chairman of the
Regional Eminent Persons Panel.
Sir Shridath praised the
book as an invaluable record of a
personal history of one of the most
remarkable men in the modern
Caribbean.
Recalling that he had also
been the Chancellor of the
University of the West Indies in
1998, when Dr Sabga was
presented with his Honorary Doctor
of Laws Degree, Sir Shridath
quoted from the encomium
read on that occasion, which cele-
brated Dr Sabga’s visionary leader-
ship and entrepreneurial foresight.
The evening was chaired by
Mrs Linda Hadeed, of the ANSA
McAL Foundation, and Dr Sabga’s
eldest daughter. Also speaking was
former chair of the Trinidad &
Tobago CNC, Prof Bridget
Brereton, who oversaw the co-
writing and research with Raymond
Ramcharitar. Mr Howard Sabga
delivered remarks on behalf of Joe
Sabga (Dr Sabga’s brother-in-law),
and Stuart McKenna, a friend and
relative by marriage, also spoke on
how the idea of a biography of Dr
Sabga came about through their
conversations.
Guyanese Laureate Launches New Book
Caz Phillips Comes to Trinidad in October
Our 2013 Laureate in Arts & Letters,
Prof Caryl Phillips, has kindly offered to
come to Trinidad to do a reading and lecture
from his new book, The Lost Child.
The Caribbean Awards, in conjunc-
tion with The University of the West Indies,
will host Prof Phillips along with 2013 Bocas
Prize winner, Robert Antoni, author of the
novel As Flies to Whatless Boys, on October
3, at the LRC at UWI St Augustine.
The event will take the form of a
reading and conversation among the writers,
moderated by Dr Raymond Ramcharitar,
communications manager of the Anthony N
Sabga Awards. It will be live streamed via
the Internet.
Closer to the lecture date, we will
post more details on Facebook. Please friend
us if you haven’t as yet.
Our 2015 Arts & Letters Laureate, Dr
Paloma Mohamed Martin recently
launched a new book, The Adventures of
Marlee the Manatee in Guyana.
Marlee is a children’s book which
is designed to teach children about the
geography and natural habitat of Guyana
as well as the wildlife.
This takes the form of Marlee’s
journey through the rivers and savannas of
Guyana’s landscape and encountering
various other animals and people.
The book is
a v a i l a b l e i n
bookstores in
Georgetown, and
also from the
online retailer,
Amazon.
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