Immerse, Literature, Trinidad and Tobago
By Michelene Adams ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Miriam | Showcase
“Every Saturday is the same story.” A tale of a woman and her four persistent suitors — fiction by Michelene Adams
Engage, Technology, Science, French Guiana
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Next stop: space | Discover
As more and more entrepreneurs look towards space exploration, it’s still almost unknown outside the industry that one of the world’s busiest launch sites is on the doorstep of the Caribbean. Erline Andrews learns how French Guiana’s half-century-old spaceport is essential to our future exploring the galaxy
Arrive, Culture, Music, Travel, Lifestyle
By David Katz ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
São Luís do Maranhão — Brazil’s reggae city | Travellers’ tales
Founded in 1612 on Brazil’s Atlantic coast, the city of São Luís do Maranhão is a treasurehouse of historic achitecture, encrusted with ornate blue tiles, and has a long tradition of avant-garde poets. It’s also — as unlikely as it sounds — a hotbed of reggae music. David Katz pays a visit, to investigate how this city more than two thousand miles from Kingston has adopted reggae as its very own, with a new museum celebrating the cultural link
Engage, History, People, United Kingdom
By James Ferguson ● Issue 150 (March/April 2018)
Walter Tull — over the line | On this day
A century ago, as the First World War drew to a close, a Barbadian-British man named Walter Tull was killed on the battlefield. He was one of many thousands dead in the “Flanders clay,” but also unique: as James Ferguson writes, Lieutenant Tull was the first officer of colour ever appointed in the British Army, in defiance of race prejudice
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Datebook | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2017)
Events around the Caribbean in November and December, from surfing in Barbados to Christmas celebrations across the region
Immerse, Film and Television, People, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Winston Duke: “I’m unfinished” | Own words
Tobago-born actor Winston Duke, appearing in the eagerly awaited Black Panther movie, on his love of stories and magical realism, how his village childhood shaped his ethos, and his love of soca music — as told to Caroline Taylor
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Datebook | Events Calendar (Jan/Feb 2018)
Events around the Caribbean in January and February, from Bahamas Junkanoo to Guyana’s Mashramani to Carnival celebrations up and down the islands, plus St Lucia’s Nobel Laureates Festival, a marathon in Haiti, and the world-famous Havana Book Fair
By Paul Crask ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
What follows the storm in Dominica | Green
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica’s houses, businesses, and infrastructure. But the storm also took a toll on the Nature Isle’s forests and wildlife — a major blow for an economy that depends on eco-tourism. Paul Crask reports