Responses/re-evaluation/in retrospect of various topics/issues/events as they relate to the world of indigenous peoples across the planet
Ancestor Dr. Fitzroy André Baptiste
posted by roi kwabena at 10:33 pm
Dr. Roi Ankhkara Kwabena was born in the Caribbean island of Trinidad. He is a cultural anthropologist who has worked with all age ranges in Europe, Africa, Latin-America and the Caribbean for over thirty years. His positive cultural advocacy has ensured his suitability for a variety of specialist projects addressing wide ranging issues such as functional and Cultural literacy, therapeutic harvesting of Memories by elders and young people (including cross generational dialogue) Anti-Racism, Community Cohesion, Social Inclusion, Cultural Diversity , redefining the Heritages of Indigenous peoples plus confidence building for prisoners, excluded and traumatized students, Refugees, etc. Dr Kwabena is renown for using critical analysis to examine the historical roots of racism and to assess the direct relevance this has on our lives today.
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I was a student of Dr. Baptiste when he was a visiting professor at Oberlin College. I was terribly saddened to hear of his passing.
Of all the teachers I had at any level, Fitzroy was far and away my favorite. He changed the course of my life. It is difficult for me to put into words the admiration I have for the man. Nothing would be adequate.
He had a natural grace. He was profoundly informed. I will always remember his mischievous sense of humor most of all.
I'm a teacher myself now, and each day I enter my own classroom, I remember Dr. Fitzroy A. Baptiste. In my own small way I hope I am able to pass his wisdom down to my own students.
To Dr. Baptiste's family, friends and colleagues, I offer my most sincere condolences in what I am certain must be a time of greatest sorrow.
My husband and I were both students of Dr Baptiste in the early 1980s at the UWI, St Augustine. We both found that he was empathetic and very supportive. We were reminiscing a few days ago about him in particular little aware of his passing in 2007. He will always live in our hearts.
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