Andrea Shaw is assistant director of the Division of Humanities and an associate professor of English at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale and coordinator of Anancy Festival. She is a scholar of Caribbean and African Diaspora studies and author of The Embodiment of Disobedience: Fat Black Women's Unruly Political Bodies. She is also a creative writer. Her creative and scholarly writing have been published in numerous journals, including World Literature Today, MaComére, The Caribbean Writer, Crab Orchard Review, Feminist Media Studies, Social Semiotics, and FEMSPEC. She graduated from the University of Miami with a Ph.D. in English and from Florida International University with an M.F.A in creative writing. Andrea is the editor of Quadrivium: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship http://www.fcas.nova.edu/currentstudents/quadrivium/ and associate editor of sx salon: a small axe literary platform www.smallaxe.net/sxsalon. She is also on the editorial board of Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal and on the board of the Women’s International Film Festival. She and her husband, Dean Nevins, are owners of Irie Isle Jamaican Restaurant in Pembroke Pines.
Anancy Festival is a celebration of Caribbean cultural heritage and will take place in June, 2010 in South Florida. The festival is designed to appeal to children and teenagers interested in learning about Caribbean culture. The festival showcases music, dance, fine arts, literary arts , and the culinary arts from throughout the Caribbean.
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Shaw CV 2010.doc
Andrea Shaw's CV
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Archaeologies of Memory Conference--2007
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Re: Andrea Shaw
Andrea,
I would love to hear move about this Anansi Festival as I'm also a storyteller and strongly believe that our Caribbean children should have the opportunity of connecting with the culture of their parents and grandparents (note that I choose 'the other' spelling of his name".
What's the venue and date please?
Festival Info
Hi, Dorothy,
Anancy festival will take place in South Florida on June 26th, 2010. I am about to post more information under my profile. Will you possibly be able to attend? So sorry for the delayed response. Somehow I did not realize I had a message.
Andrea
Reggae Poster Contest 2012
Dear Andrea,
I have launched the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012
The objective of the First International Reggae Poster Contest 2012 is to continue to build awareness for Reggae music and to celebrate the global achievements of Reggae and its positive impact on the world. The term Reggae encompasses all the popular Jamaican musical genres; Ska, Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, Dub, Dancehall and the unique Jamaican Sound System. The Poster competition is part of a bigger vision that seek to establish a Reggae Hall of Fame in Kingston, Jamaica.
Please share, Thank You! http://www.reggaepostercontest.com/
Michael Thompson