Dr. Ángel Cal is one of Belize’s foremost historians and educators. He has interrogated, investigated, and published various works on the impact of the Caste War on Belize. Dr. Cal has also analysed other topics in Belizean history to inform Belizean consciousness and open more arenas for research. In this book, “English Reports on the …
The road to Independence generally followed the course taken by other British colonies in the Caribbean up to the early 1960’s, but since then it has been distorted by a peculiar circumstance, the unfounded claim of Guatemala to the territory of Belize -a claim that has bred national disunity and seriously warped the political, social …
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 …
In 2005 the son of Eric King Alister made a progressive move and allowed the newly formed National Institute of Culture and History (NICH) to digitize his dad’s collection of vintage British Honduras photographs for public education purposes. This collection gives a rare look at some of the scenes of early 20th century life in …
Fr. Dick Pearl, sj who served in Belize for many decades with the Jesuits of Belize captured the celebrations of our Independence Day September 21st, 1981 with scenes mainly on Albert and Regent Streets. All 1981 Dick Pearl Collection
