Leasho Johnson: in this time
Leasho Johnson carries his father’s artistic torch, and yet in his young career he has continually broken with the status quo of Jamaican...
Kobo Town: sing the beloved country
When Drew Gonsalves first started to sing, his mother, apparently, was less than impressed. Tactfully, she offered to pay for voice lessons...
Barbara Jenkins: writing a lifetime
“If I had to describe my daily writing life,” Barbara Jenkins laughs, “I would call it chaotic.” She refuses to endorse the notion...
Darren Sammy: “I only know one way to live”
People ask me why I am always smiling. I tell them it’s a way of lulling the opposition into a false sense of security. Because under...
Take ten (part 1): the greatest reggae singers of all time
I love lists — stuff like the ten best this, or the twenty worst that — largely because they’re virtually guaranteed to ignite...
Chelsea Tuach: “Get in the water – that’s the first thing anyone should do”
Aged just seventeen, Chelsea Tuach is Barbados’s top female surfer. She started surfing at eight, at ten she became the youngest surfer...
Dominica’s Waitukubali National Trail: up hill and down dale
As you fly into Dominica, the spectacular view over the island’s rugged interior may cause trepidation in the most die-hard hikers. Among...
Fondes Amandes, Trinidad: It takes a village
The month of March is when Trinidad’s dry season, at first so welcome, becomes fierce, turns the vegetation yellow, and parches the...
