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Robber Talk and Revolution
Trinidadian writer Monique Roffey on Earl Lovelace’s first novel in 15 years: Is Just a Movie
Masman
Peter Minshall has been one of the most controversial and influential Trinidadian artists of the last thirty years
Bands of the Year
Essiba Small previews the mas bands of T&T Carnival 2012
The Bird Man
The great painter of American birds, Jean-Jacques Fougère-Audubon, was born in the Caribbean. Caroline Popovic investigates
The Man Macfarlane
Since 2005, he’s dominated Trinidad & Tobago’s Carnival with what he calls “theatre mas” – costumes that are more than just bikinis and beads...
Machel: One More Time
The master musician has new tricks up his sleeve for T&T Carnival 2012
Behind the Carnival Curtain
For most people, Trinidad Carnival only lasts two days. But for the men and women who build or sew the thousands of costumes, the season starts early
Winer Man
Pat Ganase meets calypso's boy wonder, winer extraordinaire Machel Montano
Earth Music
Caroline Taylor gets close to Ella Andall, a singer with a distinct voice and the power to make the spirits sit up and listen
Andy Narrell: Caribbean Man
Michael Goodwin profiles American pan virtuoso Andy Narrell, and his debut as an arranger at the 1999 Steelband Panorama competition in Trinidad
Barbados’ Betty West
Barbados Crop Over bandleader and designer Betty West on the importance of understanding history and preserving culture
Remembering Miss Lou
Louise Bennett-Coverley, affectionately known as Miss Lou, was one of the most influential figures in Jamaican culture
The Smallest Revolution
It was the era of independence – but Anguilla wanted to remain a British colony. Montague Kobbe looks back at an odd victory for people power
Aloo, Bhaji, Curry
Classic recipes are handed down in a book that spells out the ABC of Indo-Trinidadian cuisine...
Rituals of Resistance
Each year, with drums and fire, Trinidad re-enacts a struggle for emancipation. Ray Funk and Jeffrey Chock witness this renewed tradition
Happenings
A round-up of current and coming events on the Caribbean calendar
Wayne Berkeley
Designer Wayne Berkeley this year equalled an all-time Carnival record – George Bailey's four consecutive crowns 40 years ago.
Lord of the Dance
'Masman' Peter Minshall took the revolutionary techniques of his Trinidad Carnival bands to the opening of the Olympics
Hail Mary
St Lucian painter Dunstan St Omer dedicates all his work to the Virgin Mary. Caroline Popovic went to meet him
Looking Back in Anger
Angry, fearless, and sharply funny, Jamaica Kincaid’s novels and short stories explore the repossession of the self and the assertion of individual...