Professor Baugh News Today

THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) is continuing to mourn the passing of Emeritus Professor of English, Edward Alston Cecil Baugh, who it has described as a quintessential scholar and gentleman who exemplified the ideals of the institution,...

TWO months ago we suggested that the Government, aided by the Chancery of the Societies of Honour, could examine the idea of designating deserving Jamaicans the title of national treasure. Our su...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Professor Edward Baugh has died. He was 87. It is reported that Baugh died on Saturday, about a month shy of his 88th birthday. In a release lauding his vast achievements and contr...

The Minister of Culture Olivia Grange says that with the passing of Professor Edward Baugh, Jamaica and the Caribbean have lost a literary giant. Grange said, “Professor Baugh will be remembered for a distinguished academic career...

THE 15-member Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) is proposing that among the first changes to Jamaica's Constitution is the introduction of a preamble to reflect the aspirations of its people. ...

Language has power. This was a hard-earned lesson for Vivian Nixon and Elaine Richardson, two women who were told all their lives that their way of talking – talking Black – was something to be kept out of public and professional spaces. This episode follows their separate journeys to embrace the history, beauty, and breadth of Black English, and liberate long-buried parts of themselves in the process.