Beyond Boundaries Selwyn R Cudjoe, Calaloux publishing, PO Box 429, Amherst, MA 01004 www.umass.edu/umpress 2003 ISBN 1-55849-318-2. TT$250. Paperback.Beyod Boundaires: The Intellectual Tradition of Trinidad and Tobago in the 19th Century, written by Professor Selwyn R. Cudjoe, presents a series of prose texts collected together as profound evidence refuting the idea that supposedly we lack a distinguished scholar “Trini” ethics. Professor Cudjoe, its author, famous for his work in the field of Caribbean literature and intellectual history Caribbean, is a professor of African studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. In addition to being an academic, he is also known as an advocate for African people as a founding member of the “National Association for the Emancipation of African Peoples” (Cudjoe). Beyond Borders tells us the individual stories of a select group of people. What is interesting is that it shows the cosmopolitan nature of Trinidad at the time, which occurred through different factors such as miscegenation, emigration, human trafficking. slaves and the labor contract. One can then observe the struggles of different races and ethnicities under the hand of a white colonial master. Their individual literary accounts paint a picture of the oppression and conflict that existed between groups on the basis of class and race. While there was a general lack of flow from chapter to chapter, an overall theme can be observed in Cudjoe's writing; this is one of Eurocentrism. The author can be praised for his ability to capture the essential elements of each composition, making it easy to see through the eyes of each sect. From their individual literary accounts one can indeed imagine a 19th century day in colonial Trinidad as… middle of paper… cardboard. For that? To stop me from asking questions… “A significant evolution brought to fruition is the development of a free black person. This had no apparent place in a European ideal because to be black was to be destined for a substandard life, to be ruled by the white man. It is quite comical to think that in their doctrine and philosophy of white supremacy a white man was perhaps the most powerful creature in the world and seen as the epitome of hegemony, but when mixed with the blood of a supposedly inferior and weaker species even one never mind the fact that all this power is lost and one is considered powerless. Works Cited Cudjoe, Selwyn R. Beyond Borders. amherst: Calaloux Publications, 2003. text.Cudjoe, Selwyn R. Beyond Boundaries. Amherst: Calaloux Publications, 2001. text.—. www.trinicenter.com. 04 April 2001. internet. 02 November 2013.