Lost in translation
I thought steeping myself in dancehall hits since high school would have better prepared me for studying in Jamaica. I used to chant over...
Woman Power: Jamaica’s Etana
In Jamaica’s crowded musical landscape, Etana has stood out from the moment she first stepped on a stage. It’s not just her flawless...
Oonya Kempadoo: “I keep writing even when I’m trying not to”
Growing up in Guyana, I did live in a village like the one my first novel Buxton Spice is set in, and the political background was a huge...
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2013)
Hope, by Sheldon Blackman and the Soul Rebels (Urban Sound Studios) Since his migration to Norway in 2008, Sheldon Blackman has been back...
Hot Shots: Barbados’ Cover Drive
Take four Bajan teenagers, stir in pop music, instruments, and a dose of island energy, and you’d be lucky to come up with the compelling...
Monitoring the mas
Peering at grainy images of Trinidad & Tobago mas bands on your computer is one way to ignore the fact that you’re shivering through...
Off the beaten track in Tobago
One of the clichés of the Caribbean goes like this: cool refreshing drink in hand, you sit beachside, contemplating the waves and the...
Guyana’s River Road
The Essequibo intimidates most visitors to Guyana. It fascinated me when I first saw it at 12, clutching my Guyanese mother’s hand. The...
