Author: Caribbean Beat

Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Grenada

Go, Grenada

Rain or shine, Grenada is an island of irresistible charm. In the dry season — the high season for winter travel — the dazzling white...

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Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Cuba

In Praise of the Caribbean Cigar

My hero is a Cuban called Compay Segundo. He’s 90, has been a musician since just after World War 1, and is on a world tour as I write....

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Embark, Festivals and Events

Caribbean Datebook (July/August 2002)

JULY National Dance Theatre Company’s Season of Dance, Jamaica (July–August) Jamaica’s internationally celebrated dance company at...

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Culture, Food and Cuisine, Lifestyle

Bananas: food of the gods?

Originating from south-east Asia, the banana travelled to East Africa with Arab traders, landing in the Caribbean and Latin America on...

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Literature, Reviews

Bookshelf (May/June 2002)

PICK OF THE MONTH Frantz Fanon: A Biography David Macey (Picador 2001, 640pp, ISBN 0-312-27550-1) Forty years after his death, who is...

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Culture, Literature, Reviews

Caribbean Bookshelf (January/ February 1996)

Politics French and West Indian: Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana Today ed. Richard Burton, Fred Reno (Macmillan/Warwick University...

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Culture, Music, Reviews

Upbeat (November/December 1995)

Calypso and Soca The Gilded Collection 2: 1990–93 David Rudder (Lypsoland CRO24)   Here is a bittersweet journey through the streets...

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Arrive, Travel, Haiti, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Suriname, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago

Back and fort

Castillo San Felipe del Morro San Juan, Puerto Rico; 16th century UNESCO World Heritage Site Dating back to 1539, El Morro is reputed to be...

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