Issue 50 (July/August 2001)
Blurb to come
Heidi Rostant reminds readers to protect their skin from the harmful rays of the sun. Use sunscreen and tan wisely
A new Caribbean stock exchange
Come September, the Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange should be trading. Mark Wilson considers its impact on the region
Hans Schweitzer: a man for all tastes
Hans Schweitzer is whetting palates in Barbados
Slavery revisited
James Ferguson on Cambridge by Caryl Phillips
Chris Cozier: a state of independence
Annie Paul on the art of Chris Cozier
Let it rain
Photographer Sean Drakes took his camera equipment and crew into Trinidad's Northern Range and came back with this page-stopping record, and the admonition, Let It Rain: keep our forests pristine
Caribbean craftwork at its best
Kristen Johannsen, diving Belize's great barrier reef, reflects on the work being done to protect coral reefs around the Caribbean
Trinidad Theatre Workshop: still searching
The Trinidad Theatre Workshop is in its 40th year of experience, yet it still finds itself without a home of its own. Donna Yawching reports
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jugs
Nazma Muller on a near miss with Prince Charles
Bookshelf (July/August 2001)
New and recent books about the Caribbean
Mizik A Nou — the Caribbean music scene
If you think that Caribbean music means just Buju Banton and Machel Montano, read on. Simon Lee surveys the real contemporary Caribbean music scene
The first 50
As Caribbean Beat reaches its 50th issue, a look back at ten years of front covers
And my octopus is in my pocket
Kristen Johannsen, diving Belize's great barrier reef, reflects on the work being done to protect coral reefs around the Caribbean