Shelly-Ann Inniss | Caribbean Beat Magazine

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By Andre Bagoo and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 158 (July/August 2019)

Need to know | Events calendar (July/August 2019)

Essential info to help you make the most of July and August across the Caribbean — from Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica to Carifesta in T&T

Dosu Pelenapin pilots his boat on the Lawa, one of the rivers that forms the boundary between Suriname and French Guiana. Photography by Milton Kam

Immerse, Film and Television, People, Suriname

By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 158 (July/August 2019)

Far and near — Milton Kam | Panorama

Suriname’s indigenous communities walk a line between the traditional and the contemporary, distance and proximity — documented in a new book of photographs by Milton Kam

Embark, Festivals and Events

By Nazma Muller and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 157 (May/June 2019)

Need to know | Events calendar (May/June 2019)

Essential info to help you make the most of May and June across the Caribbean — from motorsports in Barbados to a pineapple festival in the Bahamas and a marathon in Tobago

Sir Hilary Beckles. Photo courtesy the University of the West Indies

Immerse, People, Barbados

By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Caribbean Innovation (15 May 2020), Issue 157 (May/June 2019)

Sir Hilary Beckles: “I’m aware of how fragile the Caribbean is” | Own words

Sir Hilary Beckles, Barbadian historian, cricket enthusiast, and UWI vice chancellor, on his intellectual formation, the role of a Caribbean university, and the moral imperative of slavery reparations — as told to Shelly-Ann Inniss

Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events

By Philip Sander, Kellie Magnus and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 156 (March/April 2019)

Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2019)

Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from music festivals to Holi poems to Jamaica’s Champs athletics extravaganza

Warpaint and feathers: a traditional fancy Indian, one of the characteristic masquerades of Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. Photo by Jason Audain

Embark, Festivals and Events

By David Katz and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 155 (January/February 2019)

Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019)

Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados