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Culture, Music, Arts, People, St. Kitts and Nevis

Dennis Bovell: time will tell

The floors of the Old Billingsgate Market were quivering beneath my feet. And, given that the venerable London building dates back to 1875,...

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Culture, Literature, People, Puerto Rico

Loretta Collins Klobah: “I want to write poetry that is alive”

Perhaps I should start with the bomba. When a bomba dancer in Puerto Rico enters the dance floor, she advances to face the drummer, whom...

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Culture, Film and Television, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Ian Harnarine: Family ties

I first met Ian Harnarine in 2010, at a filmmaker’s pitching session organised by Caribbean Tales in Toronto. At the time, he was a...

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Culture, Literature, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Muhammad Muwakil: A world to change

Listening to Muhammad Muwakil can be painful. And it’s not because of his singing. Even when he does spoken-word poetry you want to cover...

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Culture, People, Jamaica

Ebony G. Patterson: All the right moves

First you notice their stares. Some coolly assessing, others cautious, one or two perhaps mocking. Even the ones who wear dark glasses...

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Culture, Fashion and Jewellery, Antigua and Barbuda

Jean-Marie Thomas: Breezy chic

The aJeanté label, launched in 1998 by Antiguan designer Jean-Marie Thomas, combines lightweight natural fabrics with elegant, relaxed...

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Culture, Literature, People, St. Lucia

The questioner: Vladimir Lucien

Vladimir Lucien understands, unflinchingly, the truth of which the late American artist Robert Henri spoke: learning to look for the spirit...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, History, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Remembering Independence 1962 in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago

Jamaica: August 6, 1962 Independence means the opportunity for us to frame our own destiny and the need for us to rely on ourselves in so...

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