Haiti’s Jacmel: Can’t stop the Kanaval
Founded at the end of the seventeenth century, Jacmel on Haiti’s south coast has long been renowned for its historic architecture, its...
Rainbow hues: Barbados’ simonpeter
Born in Guyana of Barbadian parentage, Simon Foster was trained at the Royal College of Art in London, and returned to Barbados in the...
Join the Junkanoo rush
In most of the Caribbean, 26 December is the anticlimax after Christmas. But in the Bahamas, Boxing Day can feel like the main event, as...
Reader’s Choice Awards
Caribbean Beat is currently running our inaugural Readers’ Choice Awards, celebrating the best that Caribbean Airlines and Air Jamaica...
Jean-Marie Thomas: Breezy chic
The aJeanté label, launched in 1998 by Antiguan designer Jean-Marie Thomas, combines lightweight natural fabrics with elegant, relaxed...
Remembering Independence 1962 in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago
Jamaica: August 6, 1962 Independence means the opportunity for us to frame our own destiny and the need for us to rely on ourselves in so...
Caribbean Bookshelf (Spring 1992)
A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago by Richard ffrench (Cornell University Press 1991) This is a revised and updated version of...
Happenings (September/October 2011)
Divali: a holy time for Hindus The Hindu community throughout the world celebrates Divali – the triumph of good over evil, or that of...
