A Place of Our Own: the University of the West Indies (UWI)
They’re so widely scattered, these Caribbean islands. More than 2,000 miles of ocean separate Belize in the west from Guyana in the...
Play it Again Sam — Remembering Samuel Selvon
By the middle of the afternoon a Caribbean classroom can be a sweltering place, with the temperature in the mid thirties and 45 adolescents...
LeRoy Clarke: Warrior Art
On Old Year’s Night 1970, in the fading hours of the turbulent sixties, LeRoy Clarke made himself a solemn promise: that he would...
Island Beat (March/April 1996)
May Days From Tobago, the call goes out to the Caribbean sailing community: “Mayday! Mayday!” Or perhaps that should read:...
Trinidad & Tobago: Dancing To A Different Drum
“So what is Trinidad famous for?” the teacher asked. The subject was Caribbean achievements. It was a hot Friday afternoon; the...
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 1998)
FICTION Faber Caribbean Series (Faber and Faber 1998) The British publishing house Faber and Faber has embarked on a major Caribbean...
Time for Tobago: A Destination Guide
INTRODUCTION TO TOBAGO The early morning sunlight warms the water of Stonehaven Bay, the drying seines, the pelicans perching solemnly...
The Sun Worshippers: a History of Caribbean Tourism
Looking back at it, you might say that Caribbean tourism was invented about a hundred years ago by a ship’s captain from Massachusetts....
