Caribbean Bookshelf (Spring 1992)
A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Richard ffrench (Cornell University Press 1991) This is a revised and updated version of...
The Caribbean Trade Barriers Come Down
Trading opportunities in the 13-nation Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) group will increase substantially from this year, as...
Trevor McDonald: Into the Lion’s Den
It’s strange now to recall that for a few months in late 1990 the President of Iraq held the world in terror. Going back on a solemn...
Four of the Best Caribbean Beaches
GRAND ANSE, GRENADA Grand Anse is two miles of gleaming white sand beach and sparkling blue sea in south-west Grenada. It is the most...
Destination Focus: Grenada
ON THE ROAD If a rastafarian is identified by dreadlocks, what happens when he loses his hair? I wondered about this as a tall, balding man...
Akilah Jaramogi: green days by the river
“I always start my day with bush tea,” says Akilah Jaramogi. This is her time to meditate, to prepare herself mentally for a long...
Karene Asche: “My heart is in calypso”
Calypso, according to conventional wisdom, is dying. There’s no doubt that the traditional and beloved form of calypso, with its emphasis...
Colette Burnett: I believe I can fly
Nah, I not eating no chicken wing! Woman, is breast or thigh for me, please!” the man said to the exasperated food vendor. “She mad to...
