FLAVORS OF THE TRADE WINDS

The story of Doux Papa is a meditation on the Pigeon family's travels along the arms of a twentieth century triangular route between the Caribbean, Africa and Europe. This account of his childhood incorporates

not only personal memories, but also important elements of social history. It forms part of a strong new current in Caribbean writing striving to convey to the reader different and overlooked facets of Caribbean identity. This energetic and optimistic writing tells stories unrecorded

in any history book. -Julia Maxted

Gerard_Georges Pigeon

Born in Dakar in 1938 from West Indian parents from Martinique, starts his primary schooling in Balata, near Fort De France in Martinique. His secondary schooling took place in Dakar, West Africa, and then in Paris. Beginning his graduate school in Paris, he completed his doctorate in Southern California

Dr. Pigeon is now a Professor Emeritus of Black Studies at the University of California in Santa Barbara.