One for the road: Trinidad & Tobago’s biggest road march hits
Hard to believe it’s that time again — it seems like just yesterday Trinidad and Tobago’s 2013 Carnival was wrapping up, and now the...
Neila Ebanks: no boundaries
Neila Ebanks’s forearm is a clue to her personality. It bears the tattooed words “integrity is freedom,” an open reminder of a...
Trinidad Carnival: back to the future
“I don’t play Midnight Robber — I am one” The first time Fédon Honoré performed as a Midnight Robber, he forgot half his speech....
Caribbean playlist (January/February 2014)
Carnival roundup One way to tell Trinidad Carnival is getting near: soca artistes start releasing their big tunes on the radio, in fetes,...
Word of mouth (November/ December 2013)
City of lights Angelo Bissessarsingh recounts the sights and sounds of Trinidad’s Divali Nagar, an annual grand fair in the weeks before...
In the bag: Jamaican designer Kesi Gibson
We all know what it’s like to follow in our parents’ footsteps. With her mother creating mosaics using exquisite materials,...
Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2013)
Jamaica in Black and White: Photography in Jamaica, c 1845–1920, by David Boxer and Edward Lucie-Smith (Macmillan Education, 304 pp, ISBN...
Caribbean Playlist (November/December 2013)
Recent tunes to get your feet tapping
