These posts hosts the books from the eBelizeLibrary collection on Access501.
This is the third publication that Leroy “The Grandmaster” Young has published with Factory Books. The first was in 1999 a book called “Made In Pinks Alley,” the second, “Generation X in 2000.” Then Factory Books produced a video titled “Unshakkaled” in 2003 and with the accompanying CD recording of the video that same year. […]
Poustinia Earth Art Park, a former cattle ranch with an area of 270 acres, is situated 2 miles off Benque Viejo del Carmen, Cayo District, Belize, on the Mollejon Road. Benque Viejo is 8 miles from San Ignacio Town along the Western border with Guatemala. Poustinia is an environmental project in which art and nature
“Latta Pichaz” is sectioned into three distinct chronological parts: The Early Period 1895-1950, The Middle Period 1950-1981, and The Contemporary Period 1981-2005. This is done to provide a basic framework to the broad considerations of the history and the photographic technology during these periods. In total some five hundred images are displayed in “Latta Pichaz.”
On Saturday August 1st, 2020 Aondofe Iyo delivered via the online platform ZOOM a community talk titled Free Yu Mind organized by The UEF Library of African and Indigenous Studies, on the occasion of the Emancipation Jubilee Day. Iyo has been a leading advocate for an urgent and dynamic transformation of Belize’s educational and learning
As part of the Imagination Factory’s 30th anniversary (1995–2025), we are launching several projects, including the Said Musa Archival Project. On June 18, 2024, lightning struck and burned down the two-story National Archives of Barbados. In this age of AI, it is unacceptable that Belize has made super urgent the digitalization of its cultural, political,
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I want to go on record to say that the University of Belize (UB) or the National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) simply have to find a way to finance the writing of Gerald Rhaburn’s biography. Rhaburn is a walking encyclopaedia of Belize’s musical history, and when you talk about musical history in Belize,
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I went with my friend and writer Rick Moguel to visit Jesus Ken in Succotz, Cayo. It was an immersive experience. I remember thinking of those St. John’s College students who staged, for a history project, a cañero rebellion in the context of the moment we call in Belize, the Cañeros Movement . All the
This book is about characters found in folktales that are well-known in Belize. The material was compiled from interviews with several persons and a review of written sources from Belize, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. Then came the difficult tasks: firstly, to reconstruct details about the main characters – where they originated, their
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That for once is more. Luck is not a factor. Though I’d like it to be. There is no mathematical reason why any country should automatically produce, 10-15-20 years into its formal existence, such a high ratio of artists per head of population. Today ZERO enters the Casa de las Americas, almost exactly 20 years
This collection of letters offers a window into the mind and actions of George Cadle Price, the Father of the Nation and a Belizean National Hero. Born on 15 January 1919, Price dedicated his life to leading the country from colonial rule to self-government and independence. Price’s life was marked by a deep commitment to
