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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago

Aloo, bhaji, curry

There was a time when no self-respecting Trinidadian housewife would be caught dead using a recipe book. Following a written recipe was...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago

Out of the blue

Tobago’s Blue Food Festival Dasheen ain’t caviar. A starchy tuber or root crop from a food group so basic it is called “ground...

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Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago

Calypso Rose among thorns

Mention Calypso Rose to just about anyone in the calypso world, and the response will inevitably be laden with superlatives. The greatest...

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Culture, History, Jamaica

Tacky and his freedom fighters

The system of slavery that blighted the Caribbean region for the best part of 400 years aimed not only to exploit its victims but also to...

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Culture, Music, People, Caribbean Diaspora

Teddy Afro: songs of freedom

“No, he doesn’t sing love songs. None. He sings about politics, about things that are wrong here, about the government, about our...

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Culture, Literature, Reviews, Dominica

Book Reviews – May/June 2010

In all likelihood, Dominica’s Kalinago represent the last of the “Island Caribs”, a term coined by Europeans for a succession of...

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Culture, Film and Television, Reviews, Trinidad and Tobago

DVD Reviews – May/June 2010

Has there ever been a promotional campaign so intense for a film this short? Months before it was screened, a buzz began to grow around the...

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Culture, Music, Arts, Canada

‘Round breakfast

Think jazz, and your mind conjures up a dark, smoky bar, ‘round midnight. What you probably don’t imagine is a cheery breakfast scene:...

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