Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United Kingdom
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 42 (March/April 2000)
Oxford blues
“Step up! Step up!” The voice was loud, male and aggressive. Nah, it couldn’t be — “He must be Jamaican,” I said to Richard. He...
Immerse, Music, People, Puerto Rico
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Pasito a pasito: Daddy Yankee & Luis Fonsi | Backstory
The Caribbean musical hit of 2017? That’s “Despacito”, the steamy song by Puerto Ricans Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, which has been breaking records all year. Nazma Muller investigates its runaway success, and explains why “Despacito” has roused controversy for more than its lyrics
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 146 (July/August 2017)
Jamaica, land we love | Escape
To the most high The flames licked the logs in the fireplace, and I drew my chair closer, huddling deeper in my sweaters. A window was...
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
Caribbean eco progress report
The Caribbean is treasured and revered globally as one of the world’s most biologically diverse regions, with more than twelve thousand...
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 143 (January/February 2017)
Beyond another boundary: the Windies at the first T20 blind cricket World Cup
For blind (or visually impaired) cricket lovers in the Caribbean, the idea of representing the West Indies team was for many years just a...
Engage, Business, Food and Cuisine
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
’Tis the season to buy local
As more people become eco-conscious and embrace green living, the Caribbean’s entrepreneurs have been finding new fans for all-natural,...
Embark, Literature, Theatre and Dance, Festivals and Events, Food and Cuisine
By Philip Sander, Nazma Muller and Nixon Nelson ● Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
Word of mouth (September/October 2016)
Lit city September brings New York City’s biggest free literary festival — with Caribbean writers always in the mix. Nixon Nelson gives...
Engage, Culture, Science, Cuba
By Nazma Muller ● Caribbean Innovation (15 May 2020), Issue 141 (September/October 2016)
CimaVax: revolutionary medicine
When United States President Barack Obama landed on Cuban soil in March this year, the first sitting American leader to do so since 1959,...