Kearn Christopher

PhD Candidate on Caribbean Carnivals 🇹🇹. @WRoCAH scholar at @PCI_UniofLeeds IG:@kearnchris

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

Affirmations, pictures, videos, some genuine curiosity and questions were the order of the day. Make your statement, take time to listen, engage and educate. The diaspora is our community & those on the outside of it also need to follow the examples we set #nottinghilllcarnival

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@MadeByWignal I said the same thing when I saw it, only to then see Gleaner and Nationwide running the story as well….

[Speedy HQ @IShowSpeedHQ]

🚨| WATCH: Speed reveals Trinidad completely changed his view of the Caribbean especially with its food, culture and diversity 🇹🇹❤️

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@aChildOf2Worlds @jmoulfrancis I’ve been thinking a lot of this from this tour. Pondering if this is simply human existence or us as small postcolonial nations constantly seeking global validation, often passed off as friendly rivalry and banter. It’s truly tiring after some time

[Narissa Fraser @rhopico]

I enjoyed that entire set thoroughly.

Kees’ voice, energy and patriotism? Amazing.

The musicians? Amazing.

Teddyson John (🇱🇨) and Terri Lyons doing backup? Amazing.

But you see Dane Gulston’s steelpan solo? I teared up.

Big up US!!!! 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@guruintraining_ 100%. As a Trini who lived on Hall in Mona, you’re exposed to everyone. I’ve also seen the difference with Trini friends in UWI STA who lived on halls vs who didn’t - the latter usually in spaces with only locals & little to no meaningful cross Caribbean friendships formed.

[Caribbean Coconut @Bullhea03351979]

Trinidad NOT doing enough to educate the people about it's contribution to Black Power and Civil rights in the US and UK and world. Nothing much to honour Kwame Ture, Henry Sylvester Williams, CLR James, Darcus Howe, Claudia Jones, Altheia Jones. Thats why they disrespect T&T.

[Esmerasta 🌑 @MatchOukou]

This year is the Caribbean year yuh check! Bad Bunny at the superbowl, Bandi on Netflix, Kes The Band on Tiny Desk and now Speed!? This we year!!

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

And foolish me saying “Look he reach Chapeltown, Leeds” 🤣

iykyk. Without a doubt the city with the largest diaspora of St Kitts and Nevis ❤️🖤💚💛🤍

I love tell people I actually live in SKN now 😅

[Knot Guilty🥷🏽 @shin_shin92]

We inside Saint Kitts and Nevis cuzzos 🇰🇳

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

Not that I didn’t know it before, but man it’s joyous to see how our masquerade practices across the Caribbean have been retained, reimagined & part of our survival story. Whether you like, partake in carnival or not, carnivalesque things have shaped all Caribbean identities

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@bairanyc All other French territories in the Americas: Guadeloupe, St Martin, St Barthelemy, Guyane (French Guiana) and St Pierre & Miquelon (Canada side). Technically would still be Martinique’s flag as its a department of France, but they can now use 🇲🇶 for national/local identity

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

I was so glad when they changed Speed’s jersey with the 🇬🇵 flag, to the flag that Guadeloupe ppl fighting for to be officially recognised (no emoji for it). Only in 2023 Martinique officially adopted the 🇲🇶. Other French Caribbean territories hadda legally use 🇫🇷 to this day 😔

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

On a side note, when Bad Bunny performed at the Halftime show, the nerd in me went through all the Caribbean flags waved, with none of the contested French Caribbean flags used - only 🇲🇶. All Dutch Caribbean flags are officially adopted & were used in the half time show.

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@aChildOf2Worlds @Sparkiebaby The way we ALL be fighting to make our place in the world after 400+ years of subjugation, still has us like crab in barrels for silly titles that attempt to individually position us as “the Best at x”, typically from the approval outsiders and not collectively ourselves 🥲

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@aChildOf2Worlds @Sparkiebaby 100% agreed. It’s important we learn and begin to rid ourselves of these tiring debates on contested terms in carnival like authentic, originators, commercialised etc. We’ve all been subject to these power & identity markers and lose focus on understanding the damn thing itself

[Chef Brigette @chefbrigetterj]

The boy ordered Original Chicken in TT and liked it.
Was handed a Spicy Thigh in GND and love off.
…Jamaica do the right thing and hand that boy a BBQ Zinger 🫶🏽🫡

[David Mullings 🇯🇲 @davidmullings]

I just went to order food from Shake Shack and heard the cashier with a Trini accent so when she asks for a name for the order I said “Machel Montano” 🤣🤣🤣

She laughed so hard then said Trini’s have no behaviour. I said that I’m Jamaican. She said we worse! 🤣

Enjoy life

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

I wonder if the secret traitor has the power to determine if #thetraitors can recruit and gives suggestions as to who it can be 🤔. I need to see how this plays out with the new addition this season.

[Kearn Christopher @kearn_chris]

@theashrb The way the Brits used this buffer class in Africa, the Pacific and even the Caribbean like Trinidad, we are seeing the longstanding colonial effects being played today 🥲

[edwidge fancy cat @orlandohh_]

“I don’t see how CARICOM benefits me”
-a person who did CXC and attended UWI

[Lij @lijitimate]

A bagga people are creating links for donation.

There is only ONE official link, and it is
https://t.co/oJqzzwl2QI 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲