Red plastic bag is a rolling stone
For the Bag, as Bajans affectionately call Stedson Wiltshire, almost every day is a working day. Barbados has a short Crop Over season in...
Derek Walcott: making poetry from nothing
Many years ago, as the Founder Leader’s motorcade flashed past a rumshop in Georgetown, Wilson Harris – the inscrutable magus of...
Carl Gabriel: from mas band to museum
In the last few years, the London-based Carnival artist Carl Gabriel has achieved international renown for his large-scale sculptures,...
Livvi Franc: babe in total control
There’s something in the water that’s contributing to the success of Bajan singers. That’s Livvi Franc’s laughing response to...
Maria Govan: “quite a challenging place to be”
I realised from very young that I wanted to make films. Being an only child, I played alone a lot, and I think that asks a great deal of...
Invaders: the pan yard under the breadfruit tree
The name “Invaders” brings back memories of the Mannette brothers, Ellie, Birdie and Ossie, hordes of Carnival celebrants and tourists...
HIV & AIDS in Jamaica: Kwame Dawes tackles the taboo
Since the early 1980s, Kwame Dawes has explored contemporary Jamaican culture through poetry, plays, novels, and academic work, looking at...
The hottest cup of tea
In Trinidad, for generations, we have been a nation of tea-drinkers. The British governed the island for over 200 years, until 1962, and...
