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Culture, People, Sports

Chris Gayle force wins

Christopher Henry Gayle unleashed his famously powerful batting on the hapless England team in a fleeting glimpse of West Indian glory in...

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

Byron Lee: from Ska to Soca

Undoubtedly one of the most important figures in the history of the Jamaican music industry, Byron Lee was also a giant of the soca world....

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Culture, History, Dutch Caribbean

Maria Merian: the Caterpillar lover

In September 1699, after a two-month Atlantic crossing, a Dutch ship approached the north-eastern shoulder of South America. Skirting the...

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Culture, People, Caribbean Diaspora

Ray Funk: bringing the culture home

I never wanted to be an attorney when I was growing up. I wanted to teach English, at either the high school or university level. After...

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Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, Jamaica

Jamaican dance: riding the riddim

It began with the Butterfly. One minute we Trinis were wining along, as we had done for decades, to soca, reggae and anything with a jumpy...

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Culture, Sports

Game, fete and match

Raconteur Paul Keens-Douglas’ skit on fete match cricket lists the elements that add up to success: volume of rum drunk, amount of food...

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Arts and Architecture, Culture, Trinidad and Tobago

Starship enterprise: Space La Nouba

Trinidad’s Space La Nouba nightclub, as the name suggests, aims to give patrons an “out of this world” experience. Designer Brian...

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Culture, People, United States, Trinidad and Tobago

Ashley Christmas: designer with down-to earth dreams

Every story, including your own life, has a beginning, a middle and an end. Some of us don’t always know which phase we’re in while...

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