Author: Nazma Muller

Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United Kingdom

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...

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Immerse, Music, People, Puerto Rico

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

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Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica

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...

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Engage, Culture, Environment

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...

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Embark, Sports

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...

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Engage, Business, Food and Cuisine

’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,...

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Embark, Literature, Theatre and Dance, Festivals and Events, Food and Cuisine

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...

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Engage, Culture, Science, Cuba

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,...

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