Dr Jean Small - AFRICAN RETENTIONS IN FUNERAL RITES IN THE CARIBBEAN
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In this episode I discuss the funeral rites with Dr Jean Small.   Bio: JEAN SMALL is a Guyanese Jamaican living in Jamaica since 1954. She graduated from the University of the West Indies in Foreign Languages,–French, Spanish and Latin and her profession all her life has been as an educator. She has worked in Guyana, Trinidad, Nigeria, Australia and here in Jamaica as a teacher of French at both Secondary and University levels. In 2010 Dr Small was awarded the BRONZE MUSGRAVE MEDAL by the Institute of Jamaica for excellence in theatre. In that same year she received the LIFE AWARD from the Jamaica Association of Dramatic Artists for over fifty years of contribution to theatre in the Caribbean as well as a plaque from the Republic of Guyana for her outstanding contribution to theatre. In 2011 Dr. Small was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy for her thesis on CREATIVTY AND THE USE OF THEATRE TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE Dr. Small is divorced and has one son, Seretse Small, who is a guitarist and CEO of his own company GRIOT MUSIC.   Follow: Twitter/X: @eppinghall Instagram: @berkshirehalleppingpress Workbook https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/wendy... FeedSpot https://podcasts.feedspot.com/caribbe... Theme Music "Africa" is modern ethnic track with fresh chords, African vocal, orchestra. License Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) #caribbean #caribbeanculture #history #death #funeral #african 
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