AmEfrica in Letters brings together new research on Black literary history in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries-a period that saw the consolidation of Black power movements and human rights struggles across the Americas. The Black writers examined here have left an enduring legacy on AmEfrica's mainland. Following Brazilian theorist LElia Gonzalez, the volume highlights how their prose and poetry have challenged the overarching theme of mestizo-imagined multiculturalism that endures in the region's mainstream publishing industry.

AmEfrica in Letters brings together new research on Black literary history in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries-a period that saw the consolidation of Black power movements and human rights struggles across the Americas. The Black writers examined here have left an enduring legacy on AmEfrica's mainland. Following Brazilian theorist LElia Gonzalez, the volume highlights how their prose and poetry have challenged the overarching theme of mestizo-imagined multiculturalism that endures in the region's mainstream publishing industry.

October Afternoon is Jamaican author Paulette A Ramsay's second collection of poems. It features carefully crafted, layered, rich, subtle and resonant poems which are fanciful, teasing and simultaneous sombre. They poems are bold, speaking of desire, love and memory, as well as examining writing as `the path'. Ramsay's poems allow readers to explore the poetic process and experience the joy that comes from expressing oneself through poetry.

"Influenced by the principles of writing across the curriculum, Blooming with the Pouis provides students with a range of readings selected to enhance the development of writing skills in all academic disciplines. Multidisciplinary in approach, the Reader presents selections from Caribbean literature, culture, geography, history, education, religion, economics, and the pure and applied sciences, which help students expand their vocabulary and improve their critical thinking skills.Concise, yet comprehensive, Blooming with the Pouis enforces the perception of reading as both an academic pursuit and means of engaging society. Using both classic and contemporary Caribbean writings, students are exposed to a full volume of expository and argumentative material. The Reader is divided into four sections: exposition, argument, mixed modes and additional readings. It contains excellent examples of discourse types as well as several exercises to improve students analytical skills. "

Paulette Ramsay is a lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages at U.W.I., Mona. She received her M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature and her Ph.D. in Spanish from U.W.I. Her training includes research methodology, evaluation and assessment strategies, translation, writing and interpreting at regional conferences. She is a member of Associatio?n Internacional de Traductores, Interpretes y Profesores del Espan?ol. (A.I.T.I.P.E) Anne Maria Bankay is a lecturer in Spanish at the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at U.W.I, Mona. She received her M.A. in Spanish at U.W.I. and her Ph.D in Spanish and Portuguese from Stanford University, California. An educationist and academic, she also specialises in International Development Education, and methodology. She has contributed as a writer/reviewer for academic journals and presented papers at regional conferences. About the Book These assessment papers are designed to fully prepare students for the new sections of the CXC Spanish Examination effective from the 1998 May-June Examinations. This invaluable book is specifically geared to the CXC Spanish programme in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries which do this examination. It provides several comprehensive exercises, using original material, on each new section of the syllabus: 1 Listening Comprehension-Basic and General 11 Situations-Basic and General Proficiency 111 Letters/Dialogues/Compositions-General Proficiency 1V Reading Comprehension-Basic Proficiency V Reading Comprehension-General Proficiency V1 Directed Writing-General Proficiency For each section of the text, clear instructions are provided to enable students to complete Paper 1 Section 4; and Paper 2, Sections 2,3 and 4. A Teacher's Edition is also available. In it are passages for Listening Comprehension and the key for this section, as well as to some other sections where appropriate.