“Black Space”
The Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts will host several events for Heritage Week. “Blackspace”, the initiative of writer, social-historian Dr. Erna Brodber, will take place at Woodside in St. Mary and provides an opportunity for the descendants of transported Africans to explore issues arising from their historical experiences. The event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, October 16-17. Dr. Funso Aiyejina, Prize-Winning Nigerian Writer and UWI, St. Augustine lecturer will participate in discussions on spirituality and worship in the Diaspora.

Literatures in English
Dr. Funso Aiyejina, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Liberal Arts, St. Augustine, a Lovelace scholar and teacher of creative writing will be guest lecturer in two courses offered by the Department of Literatures in English: E35B – West Indian Special Author (Earl Lovelace Seminar)and E26C – Creative Writing (poetry) The lectures will take place on Tuesday, October 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts.

Public Reading
There will be public reading by Dr. Aiyejina presented by the Department of Literatures in English and the West Indian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (WIACLALS) on Tuesday October 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Philip Sherlock Centre Round. Aiyejina’s collection of short stories The Legends of the Rockhills was the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (Africa) in 2000. He is also a poet and playwright.