By Debbie Jacob and Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 87 (September/October 2007)
Bookshelf (September/October 2007)
Beyond the Islands: An Autobiography Sir James Mitchell (Macmillan Caribbean, ISBN 1-4050-1417-2, 463 pp) For the best part of 30 years,...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 86 (July/August 2007)
The Mighty Terror: a golden voice falls silent
Calypso connoisseurs called him the Mighty Terror, but Fitzgerald Cornelius Henry will always be remembered as the calypsonian with the...
By Caribbean Beat, Debbie Jacob, Roxan Kinas, Jeremy Taylor and Dermont Hussey ● Issue 16 (November/December 1995)
Upbeat (November/December 1995)
Calypso and Soca The Gilded Collection 2: 1990–93 David Rudder (Lypsoland CRO24) Here is a bittersweet journey through the streets...
Immerse, Culture, Sports, United States
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 124 (November/December 2013)
From island to end zone: Caribbean athletes in the NFL
They are football players with Caribbean roots, but when these players dig their cleats into the artificial turf, they aren’t kicking...
Culture, History, United States, Guyana
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 121 (May/June 2013)
Tituba’s secrets
She admitted to flying on a “sticke” with witches, and her confession sparked a witch-hunt whose memory still hangs like a spell over...
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
Mix it up
There’s Roxy Rose and African Sunset, a Trinidad and Tobago Cobbler and even a Bacchanal. It’s Carnival Sunday in Port of Spain,...
Culture, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 115 (May/June 2012)
Dr Kumar Mahabir: “Our Diversity is our Strength”
I think we are very fortunate – if not blessed – to be living in a place with such a diverse culture. This is our strength. You can...
Culture, Arts, History, Barbados
By Debbie Jacob ● Issue 115 (May/June 2012)
Back in times in the Barbados Museum
Everybody goes to Barbados for fun in the sun, but there’s more to the island than white-sand beaches and water sports. There’s a rich...