Són city, Cuba | Destination By Donna Yawching | Issue 163 (March/April 2021) Near the eastern end of Cuba, Santiago is a regional capital, a treasure house of history — and, Donna Yawching writes, the island’s most musical city. The soundtrack is driven by the rhythms of són, she learns — and the soul of Santiago is in its musicians’ fervour for their heritage
Santiago — carnival city | Explore By Donna Yawching | Issue 158 (July/August 2019) Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city, has long been a hotbed of culture — and it comes to a blaze each July, as Santiago’s unique annual Carnival, centred on the feast of St James the Apostle, takes over. Donna Yawching explains the historical roots of Santiago Carnival, and why it’s a time of year when no one expects to get much sleep
Falling for Havana | Explore By Donna Yawching | Issue 153 (September/October 2018) Few cities in the world have such an aura of history and glamour as Havana. As Donna Yawching writes, the Cuban capital has its gritty side — right next to world-class architecture, amazing culture, and a spirit that has to be experienced to be understood
André Alexis: the puzzle of “home” | Closeup By Donna Yawching | Issue 150 (March/April 2018) Born in Trinidad, brought up in Canada, writer André Alexis is a “Nowherian” — and that complicated identity, along with his passion for exploring big ideas, drives his philosophical and deeply literary novels. A recent string of awards has raised his international profile, but as Donna Yawching learns, it was no overnight success for one of the most original writers in both Caribbean and Canadian literature
Basking in Barbados By Donna Yawching | Issue 16 (November/December 1995) By bicycle and horseback, submarine and helicopter, boat and underground tram, travel writer Donna Yawching sets out to explore one of the Caribbean's most popular resorts, from its glorious beaches to its most secret hideaways
Black Stalin: King of Kings By Donna Yawching | Issue 51 (September/October 2001) Donna Yawching profile Black Stalin, the region's Caribbean Man
Caribbean Craftwork At Its Best By Donna Yawching | Issue 50 (July/August 2001) Kristen Johannsen, diving Belize's great barrier reef, reflects on the work being done to protect coral reefs around the Caribbean
Trinidad Theatre Workshop: still searching By Donna Yawching | Issue 50 (July/August 2001) The Trinidad Theatre Workshop is in its 40th year of experience, yet it still finds itself without a home of its own. Donna Yawching reports
