Code Switching – A Caribbean Perspective

By Aesha Duval (Follow us on LinkedIn) Growing up in the Caribbean, our parents, and teachers told us to “speak proper English,” and there was a time and a place for speaking in your island dialect. This stayed with me through my schooling in the U.S. Virgin Islands, through college in North Carolina and into myContinue reading “Code Switching – A Caribbean Perspective”

The Pelau That Unites Us

By Aesha Duval On a recent drive home from work, I wracked my brain and mentally scanned the contents of my freezer and cupboards, trying to figure out what to cook for dinner. Then it hit me. I could make pelau! Pelau is a traditional rice dish of the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Dominica, St.Continue reading “The Pelau That Unites Us”