By Philip Sander and Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 128 (July/August 2014)
Caribbean Bookshelf (July/August 2014)
Coolie Woman, by Gaiutra Bahadur (University of Chicago Press, 316 pp, ISBN 9780226034423) Guyanese-American journalist Gaiutra Bahadur...
Arts and Architecture, Culture, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago
By Philip Sander ● Issue 83 (January/February 2007)
Galvanize: talking it through
Last September, as final preparations for Carifesta IX were reaching fever pitch in Trinidad, and the local press reported on the festival...
Engage, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica
By Philip Sander ● Issue 158 (July/August 2019), Issue 83 (January/February 2007)
Bob’s blender | Classic | Last word
“This was the great Bob Marley’s favourite shirt. He often wore it on stage and always took it with him on tour.” The small, faded...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Philip Sander ● Issue 82 (November/December 2006)
40 things to do in Trinidad & Tobago
1. As all the guidebooks will tell you, there are over 250 bird species in Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to diverse habitats and proximity to...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Sint Maarten, St. Martin
By Philip Sander ● Issue 80 (July/August 2006)
Double your pleasure: Sint Maarten or Saint-Martin
In or around March 1684, the story goes, on the island Columbus is supposed to have named for St Martin of Tours (the indigenous...
By Philip Sander ● Issue 77 (January/February 2006)
Diane McTurk: “Karanambo was twice accursed”
My great-great-grandfather Sir Michael McTurk came to British Guiana in the early 19th century — he was a medical officer. He was the...
By Philip Sander and Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2005)
The isles are full of noises The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse ed. Stewart Brown and Mark McWatt (Oxford, ISBN 0-19-280332-8, 405 pp)...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica
By Philip Sander ● Issue 72 (March/April 2005)
The Marley Tour
For serious fans of Bob Marley, the map of Kingston is full of sacred stations. Marley pilgrims here to commemorate the man’s...