Clearing the trail | Escape Dominica’s Waitukubuli National Trail is the jewel in the Nature Isle’s ecotourism crown. 2017’s Hurricane Maria devastated the trail — along with the rest of Dominica — but now an unusual breed of “voluntourists” are helping restore it. Paul Crask meets two of them arrive
Good to goat | Cookup From homestyle stews to spicy curries, goat is a popular Caribbean favourite — but how do diners and chefs feel about a more upscale version? Franka Philip investigates embark
Nailah Blackman: welcome to the evolution | Snapshot With music in her bloodline, T&T’s Nailah Blackman was almost destined for a career behind the microphone. She was the breakthrough performer of Carnival 2017, still a teenager — but, as she tells Laura Dowrich-Phillips, her ambitions go beyond soca, to another stage of musical evolution immerse
Eye on the sky — from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory | Discover For five decades, one of the world’s most important radio telescopes, gathering essential information about outer space, has operated from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo, at the heart of the Caribbean, writes Erline Andrews engage
Turn of the tide | Panorama By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) A new exhibition of contemporary artists explores the “submarine” links among the islands of the Caribbean archipelago. A portfolio of artworks from Relational Undercurrents, now on view in New York City
Screenshots (July/August 2018) | Q&A By Jonathan Ali | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) A Q&A with Matthew Smith, director of a new Walter Rodney documentary
Playlist (Jul/Aug 2018) | Music reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by jointpop; Kellie Cadogan; John Arnold; and Jeremy Ledbetter Trio
Bookshelf (July/August 2018) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) This month’s reading picks, with reviews of De Rightest Place; Mouths Don’t Speak; Madwoman; and Ordinary Beast
Mother knows best | Be well By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) For centuries, Caribbean women delivered their babies with the help of traditional midwives. Now a new generation of mothers are opting for natural birthing centres like Trinidad and Tobago’s Mamatoto, reports Shelly-Ann Inniss
AnimeKon: welcome to the multiverse | Word of mouth By Robert Edison Sandiford | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Robert Edison Sandiford visits Barbados’s annual AnimeKon and finds everything from cosplay to sci-fi writers and video games
Arthur Wint: long before Bolt | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Usain Bolt may be Jamaica’s most famous Olympic medallist — but he was far from the first. James Ferguson looks back at the life of Arthur Wint and his extraordinary achievements both on and off the track
Balandra | Wish you were here (July/August 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Wish you were here (May/June 2018) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
A tale of two flowers | Word of mouth By Suzanne Bhagan | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) On the other side of the world from Trinidad & Tobago, Suzanne Bhagan experiences the Japanese cherry blossom spring festival, and remembers the golden poui trees that bloom at home
