Dr. Kumar Mahabir
DR. KUMAR MAHABIR
Dr Kumar Mahabir is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Education Programmes at The University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT). He obtained his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Florida. As a doctoral student, he won a Florida Caribbean Institute Award, an A. Curtis Wilgus Fellowship, and an Organization of American States (OAS) Fellowship. Mahabir received his B.A. and M.Phil. degrees in Literatures in English from The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine. Mahabir is the author of twelve (12) books including two national bestsellers Caribbean East Indian Recipes and Medicinal and Edible Plants used by East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago. His most recent books are Indian Caribbean Folklore Spirits and The Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean. Dr Mahabir is the Vice-Chairman of the Indian Caribbean Museum.
