Issue 31 (May/June 1998)
Discover what it means to be Rastafari; explore the Bajan coasts with Sean Drake’s breath-taking photographs and meet Carlisle Chang, one of the region’s most influential artists. Then take a breath before you journey with Donna Yawching as she retraces a centuries-old Trinidadian pilgrimage and get to know St. Lucia from her volcanoes to her jazz… Plus all the rest in the latest Caribbean books, music and news.
Happenings around the islands
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 1998)
New and recent books about the Caribbean
Jean Rhys: The Madwoman in the Attic
Jean Ferguson on Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin)
Sandra Dean: Rethinking Education
How does the sheltered daughter of a suburban community in Trinidad come to be one of the most decorated principals in Canada?
Caribbean Football: Who the Cup Fits
Caribbean football's history at the World Cup, and the Reggae Boyz' journey to the 1998 tournament
The World of Rastafari
Like the coconut palms and turquoise seas, the Rastaman symbolises the Caribbean image the world over
Carlisle Chang
Judy Raymond meets painter and designer Carlisle Chang
The Pilgrim’s Way
For a thousand years, pilgrims have trekked across the hills and valleys of Northern Spain to the burial place of St. James
Who Put the Pepper in the Vaseline?
Ever had a yearning for Pomacanthus paru or a Chaetodon striatus?
Jane Downer: Healing Art
Trinidadian batik artist Jane Downer has empowered a community of artists