Part I. Leaving colonialism. La divina pastor / C.L.R. James --
The cricket match / Samuel Selvon --
Homestead / Eric Roach --
Man-man / V.S. Naipaul --
The valley of cocoa / Michael Anthony --
Part II. Facing independence. The quiet peasant / Harold Sonny Ladoo --
The schooner flight / Derek Walcott --
Malgrét97te / Lawrence Scott --
Assam's iron chest / Willi Chen --
Joebell and America / Earl Lovelace --
Part III. Looking in. Hindsight / Robert Antoni --
Uncle Zoltan / Ismith Khan --
Town of tears / Elizabeth Nunez --
The vagrant at the gate / Wayne Brown --
Part IV. Losing control. Songster / Jennifer Rahim --
The party / Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw --
Ghost story / Barbara Jenkins --
The dragonfly's tale / Sharon Millar --
The bonnaire silk cotton tree / Shani Mootoo.