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Mr. Alan St.C Byles, retired
entrepreneur, known for his
successful organizations in
Jamaica in the 70’s, such as:
Small Cars Limited, the
Volkswagen and Porsche
Distributors; House of Fuller,
manufacturers of Fuller brushes,
chemicals & cosmetics; Alan Byles
Limited, sole distributors for
General Electric Company; Bell &
Howell, Sunbeam Corporation and
many other Blue chip companies;
Bestwell Estates, a vegetable and
tobacco plantation, and Wholesale
Supply Company (Jamaica) Limited,
a Real Estate holding company.
Mr. Byles is the founder of
Caribbean Business Community
(North America) Inc.
(CBCNA?
www.caribbeanbusinesscommunity.com
a detailed, interactive web site
and business association created
to unify the diverse settlements
of Caribbean people dispersed
throughout North America, and to
encourage others worldwide to do more business
with Caribbean People.
The CBCNA Directory is currently
the largest accurate Internet
trade directory of its kind,
dealing specifically and foremost
with Caribbean Businesses,
Professionals, Resorts, Services
and Nationals, and it’s database
increases daily. The phenomenal
response by consumers is told in
the daily record of hits, visitors
and page views.
One need only visit this
remarkable Portal to appreciate
the reason that success has been
achieved in such a relatively
short period of time. It takes
many visits to complete the
exploration of the voluminous
sites and profiles of Businesses,
Professionals, Resorts and
Services.
The Portal also features Caribbean
Students Associations; Alumni
Associations; Non-Profit
Organizations and their members; a
human resource guide; tourism
related matters; live music; media
contacts; and a plethora of other
important data information and
entertainment, thus generating
massive exposure to its members.
I
first heard Flash Hollis recite
this poem in Washington about 4
years ago and pursued him until he
gave me the words, since then I
have shared it with several
acquaintances, now it's your
turn.
Enjoy."
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My Roots Run Deep
An adaptation from a Tatil
Calendar (Trinidad and Tobago)
by Mr. Hollis”Flash?Lashley
My roots run deep, and in my
veins beat the rhythms of my
Caribbean ancestry.
In my heart I still hear faint
echoes from distant lands of
African slaves, of Indian
indentures, of English sea
dogs, of French buccaneers, of
Chinese merchants and of Dutch
Privateers; all in a restless
search for the elusive El
Dorado.
This is my heritage.
Words fall from my lips in the
creolized accent of a
vernacular, blended with the
lilting cadences of a patois
in shades of picong and
mamaguism.
My sun burnt body trembles;
caught between the glinting
sounds of a sweet tenor pan
and the deep sweet strum of a
cuatro chord.
Melodies flow through my head
in sounds of Calypso and
Reggae and Zouk and Spouge and
Cadence making me breathless
with their Caribbean rhythms.
My mouth waters in the sweet
season of poidoux of caimate,
of mango zabico and doudouce.
I yearn for the taste of wild
meat, of lappe and gouti, of
roast bake and fry dumpling,
zaboca and buljol, ackee and
saltfish, or fry fish or even
smoked herring.
My imagination is rich in
fables of douens, lagahoo,
rolling calf, duppy, and la
diablesse, soucouyants.
I remember the good old days
when cocoa was king and
Pagnola used to come from down
the main to buy coffee, a
shilling a fanega.
I dance between the silvery
crests of Los Iron, Montego
Bay, Parlatuvier. I enjoy the
waves at Dunns’s River Falls,
Isle Bay, Sandy Lane, Gran
Anse, Richmond and Miami
Beach.
I awaken to the whistle of the
picoplat, the chickeechong and
the semp.
I look at the morning sun and
I laugh with joy and with
pride because I have never
seen this day before.
I am the dreams of my
ancestors, for I am their
tomorrow.
Now I am a child of today. I
am the fabled El Dorado
And better still my friends, I
am Caribbean born.
Hollis Lashley
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