eBelizeLibrary

These posts hosts the books from the eBelizeLibrary collection on Access501.

Chinchi Poems

Many visitors will read these words. You should know that you hold a small slice of one of Belize’s most prolific lyrical dub poet, known to his country people as The Grandmaster.  Born in Belize (1967) Leroy Young, the Grandmaster grew up in Belize City, specifically Pinks Alley. The cultural space where cruise tourists disembark …

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Maximo

The in-depth questioning of colonial narratives has continually yielded the names of new heroes in the emerging decolonized space, such as the case of Maximo Perez, whose actions were down played by British narratives as those of a Maya rebel. Oral accounts are now presenting a new view into the history of San Jose Nuevo …

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