20+ questions with Shaka Hislop
Trinidad-born SHAKA HISLOP is dubbed a “Gentleman At The Goalpost” for English football team West Ham United. His six-foot-four...
Trinidad and Tobago: a tale of two cities
Trinidad Trinidad is transformed by its people. Dramatically. One person may come and be whisked from airport to hotel to conference room...
Total coconut | Caribbean Cookup (March/April 2002)
Total (Coco)Nut Hunters extract “sky grease” from coconuts, and use the rich oily milk to cook their meat. From the forest, coconut...
Carnival Countdown (Part 2)
Children’s Carnival Kids show them Most children love to play dress-up; in Trinidad and Tobago, however, they have an official forum for...
Invaders coming!
The story of Invaders Steel Orchestra One of the oldest steelbands in the world is BWIA Invaders. From their location on Tragarete Road in...
June too soon! Tracking Caribbean hurricanes
With its blue skies, idyllic beaches, calm turquoise seas and verdant vegetation, you wouldn’t think the Caribbean could be anything but...
Expo ’92: The Year of Seville
If you’ve always wanted to visit Spain, this is the perfect year. Madrid has been declared Europe’s cultural capital. Barcelona...
Bookshelf (July/August 2000)
PICK OF THE MONTH The Immaculate Invasion Bob Shacochis (Viking Penguin 1999; Bloomsbury paperback 2000; 408pp, ISBN 0-7475-4529-4) When...
