Rebel with a camera: Carlos Lechuga
Melaza, the debut feature film from Cuban writer and director Carlos Lechuga, opens with a shot of a sun-drenched field of sugarcane, the...
Skinny Fabulous: “You have to pay attention to your hook”
I grew up in Lodge Village. All my roots are from the Leeward coast of St Vincent, Chateaubelair. Most of my significant childhood memories...
Gaiutra Bahadur: enigmas and arrivals
On 4 November, 1903, a British merchant ship named The Clyde pulls into the mouth of the Demerara River, the harbour of Georgetown, capital...
Alpha plus: Jamaica’s Alpha Boys School
It’s a hot day in February as I drive up Mountain View Avenue in Kingston. The foothills of the Blue Mountains are dotted with patches of...
Retro chic: Theodore Elyett
Theodore Elyett was only thirteen years old when he was “discovered,” after he designed an outfit for a friend to wear in a modelling...
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 2014)
As Flies to Whatless Boys, by Robert Antoni (Akashic Books, 320 pp, ISBN 9781617751561) Meddling with the metafictive, especially in the...
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2014)
Tru Colours Wayne Marshall Jamaican dancehall artist Wayne Marshall, best known for his hip-hop–influenced reggae tracks, returns with...
Tessanne Chin: a star is made
It’s the stuff of fairytales. On a starlit Sunday night in January 2014, Tessanne Chin took the stage at a free concert on Kingston’s...
