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Born in the town of Sangre Grande, Trinidad, Johnny Coomansingh has authored the books: "Sweet and Sour Trinidad and Tobago," "Show Me Equality," and "Seven Years on Adventist Street." Emerging from a colonial past, he explores and writes about the rich culture of the country. As a cultural geographer, he has found that Trinidad and Tobago provides fertile ground for a writer; a literal cornucopia of stories, folktales, histories, musical genres, and creativity. He holds a doctoral and a master's degree in geography from Kansas State University and a master's degree in communication science from Fort Hays State University, Kansas. In Trinidad, he has served as a high school teacher, an agricultural extension agent, and a corporate communications practitioner in the petroleum industry. In the United States he worked as a university professor in the field of geography and tourism. Coomansingh enjoys playing the cuatro, singing calypso, and writing poetry.

"This book stirred my emotions and encouraged me to be more active in "living" my convictions. You dealt with global and personal concerns that both touched the heart and soul. I cringed as I read about the slave girl on the auction block. Anxiety swelled within my heart as I pondered plutonium poisoning. With all the problems and terrible challenges you raise, you did not create a book without hope. Both moving and powerful, this little book of verse offers challenge, insight and heartfelt emotion. [Linda Ganstrom Art Professor, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS]. ""Show Me Equality" is magnificent in its simplicity, scathing in its revelations, and powerful in its directness" [Stephen R. Shapiro, Chair Communication Department, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS] "Economical brush strokes of vibrant and vivid colors you move the mind's eye, heart and soul." [Bruce Bardwell Theatre Arts, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS] "This collection is vintage Coomansingh. The poetry burns deep within the consciousness and destroys all the props we lean on, but in the end you are sure to feel like the phoenix as you rise from the ashes the best work yet." [Terrence Griffith (Author & Publisher) Former Senator, Grenada Parliament]

"Written primarily for the people of Trinidad and Tobago, this book will nevertheless be of great interest to the Caribbean diaspora and to individuals who wish to understand the social, cultural, political, and economic dynamics of a developing Caribbean nation. Partially written in Trinidadian dialect, the text has afforded the athor a forum to reveal some uncomfortable episodes in his life. The author also researches the steelpan, the national instrument of Trinidad and Tobago, comparing the sweetness of this instrument and the two island nations with the sourness of the many terrible upheavals in Trinidadian and Tobagoan society." -- cover