Words from underground
Once a month, a thick crowd crams into a tiny bar in St Augustine, Trinidad, to hear the heartbeat of the underground. Though it’s...
Art buzz (September/October 2006)
Shock of the new On a July morning, the conference table at the Caribbean Contemporary Arts (CCA) centre east of Port of Spain is covered...
High (flying) style
Christopher Nathan is both a cabin crew officer with BWIA and a veteran of Trinidad and Tobago’s fashion industry, with years of...
Abaco’s equine heroes
Only a heart beating to the galloping of hooves could have heard their whinnies echoing across the sea from a fortress of pine trees....
Island hopper (September/October 2006)
The biggest cultural event in the Caribbean in September and October — in fact, for the whole year — is the ninth Caribbean Festival of...
Edward Baugh: “Hey, you might be a poet”
I was born and grew up in a town in north-east Jamaica, Port Antonio, which is a seaport town, where bananas were first shipped from this...
Great beyond: Guyana’s Rupununi
“On this stretch here sometimes we see jaguars,” said the ranger at the wheel. “So don’t blink.” I kept my eyes on the red earth...
Carifesta IX: celebrating ourselves
“You going Carifesta?” Not to be left out of the excitement, the corn soup vendor on Independence Square is getting into the spirit of...
