Issue 40 (November/December 1999)
Alex de Verteuil reports on the finds of archaeologists searching for clues on Amerindian history in the Caribbean; Jamaican pastor Bobby Wilmott counsels Chris Salewicz on saving Trench Town and Jane Bryce is informed about a controversial musical being staged in Barbados. Plus a profile on Antigua and Barbuda and Sean Drakes’ photographs Radical Designs. And of course, all the rest in Caribbean treasures, news, recipes and all the rest.
Along the beaches, the lights of the resorts are coming on, the glasses are clinking, later the dancing will start. And you know at once that this is going to be good. Georgia Popplewell reports from St John’s
Pantastic
Pan and jazz go together so well — especially when played by Trinidad and Tobago’s Panazz. Simon Lee explains
Spirit of the Americas
Recent finds have thrown new light on the Caribbean’s rich Amerindian past. But lack of funds for archaeology, and new development on many islands, mean we’ll continue to lose much more than we preserve. Alex de Verteuil explains
Pastor Bobby Wilmott: Trench Town Triumph
Pastor Bobby Wilmott is a man who’s bent on converting Jamaica’s rough Trench Town into a place of hope he calls Joytown. Chris Salewicz explains
Caribbean Christmas Recipes from Khalid Mohammed
Chef Khalid Mohammed’s Caribbean Christmas spread recipes
How I lost my camera in Havana
Simon Lee keeps his memories of Havana safe
Pawi, Please!
The elusive pawi has been hunted in the forest of Trinidad. Now the bird that many people believed did not exist is making an appearance
Yarico: Staging slavery in 1999
Jane Bryce on the musical production that tackles a subject usually avoided in Barbados- slavery
Christophe’s Citadelle
James Ferguson on The Kingdon of This World, Alejo Carpentier's short novel on the Haitian Revolution
Where George Washington Slept
Suzanne Gordon on the restoration of the house shared by the young George Washington and his step-brother in 1751
Money Man: Carlton Ellington Cushnie
Jamaican-born Carl Cushnie is one of Britain's top business men
Upbeat
New music from the Caribbean