New and recent books about the Caribbean (July/August 2002)
The latest books from and about the Caribbean
Issue 56 (July/August 2002)
Blurb to come
Remembering Cheddi Jagan
Guyana has dedicated a museum to its first premier, Dr Cheddi Jagan. Larry Luxner reports
SERVOL: A miracle a day
During the 1970 upheaval in Trinidad, a Catholic priest and a West Indian cricketer ventured into dangerous territory to try to understand the source of frustration amoung urban youth. The organisation that eventually grew out of those trips has changed countless lives and won widespread acclaim. Donna Yawching explains
Is there anybody out there?
Maura Imbert explains how the Caribbean is involved in the never-ending search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Roots-rockin’ St Kitts
St Kitts has developed one of the most vibrant reggae scenes in the region. Garry Steckles lends a willing ear
Chocolat: Trinidad’s world-class chocolate
Some of the world’s finest cocoa is grown in Trinidad. Desirée Baptiste follows the path of the island’s beans from plantation to connoisseur’s palate
Voodoo pig
An uninvited spirit possesses Simon Lee’s hut while he investigates a vaudou ceremony in Haiti
Jamaican Gothic: The White Witch of Rosehall
James Ferguson on Herbert de Lisser’s still-popular historical potboiler The White Witch of Rosehall
The Jewels of Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
A Jamaican childhood, a penchant for collecting and a love of small things all shaped the career of jewellery designer Jasmine Thomas- Girvan. Mariel Brown reports
Caribbean voices, Caribbean thinkers
"Nothing was created in the West Indies", V.S. Naipaul famously wrote. Yet many of the earliest writers and thinkers in the Americas were Caribbean men and women, creating histories, novels, essays, poems, autobiography, newspapers, new political thought. Tony Martin puts the case for the defence
About that Caribbean dream home…
Property prices vary dramatically among Caribbean countries. Mark Wilson looks at what money will buy in four islands
My blue Heaven: Antigua & Barbuda
It’s the colour of the water that hits you first as the plane prepares for landing: turquoise and aquamarine and ultramarine and lapis and just about any lovely shade of blue you can imagine. You pinch yourself. Blink. And wonder: could that sand really be so white? Welcome to Antigua. Lisa Allen-Agostini succumbs to the charms of one of the Caribbean’s premier vacation spots
Summer splash
There’s lots to do in the Caribbean on those lazy, hazy days of summer. Simon Lee samples some of the best fun of the long school holidays
Caribbean Datebook (July/August 2002)
JULY National Dance Theatre Company’s Season of Dance, Jamaica (July–August) Jamaica’s internationally celebrated dance company at Little Theatre, Kingston. The Little Theatre: (876) 926-6129 Grenada Summer Regatta La Source Yacht Race, Grenada (4th–7th) One of the season’s premier events. Grenada Board of Tourism: (473) 440-2001 Sir Garfield Sobers Schools Cricket Tournament, Barbados (8th–30th) …
Dinner time in the Islands
Trying to remember the dish that made your mouth water somewhere in the islands, and can't remember the name or how to make it? Michael Goodwin has the online solution
Welcome to Suriname
BWIA’s newest destination is a crossroads for a staggering array of cultures, including African, Dutch, Amerindian, Indonesian and Indian, and an eco-traveller’s delight. Simon Lee provides the introductions
