Author: Simon Lee

Literature, Reviews, Haiti, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Bookshelf (July/August 2000)

PICK OF THE MONTH The Immaculate Invasion Bob Shacochis (Viking Penguin 1999; Bloomsbury paperback 2000; 408pp, ISBN 0-7475-4529-4) When...

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Literature, Reviews, Dominica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago

Bookshelf (May/June 2000)

BOOK OF THE MONTH For the Love of my Name Lakshmi Persaud (Peepal Tree Press 2000, ISBN 1-900715-29-5, 336pp) Lakshmi Persaud’s third...

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Culture, Music, People, Belize

Andy Palacio: bard of the Garifuna goes home

Andy Palacio, Garifuna cultural activist, ambassador and world music star, died suddenly on January 19, after a massive stroke and heart...

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Culture, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago

Carnival captured

Carnival is colour, the old cliché goes. Carnival is music. Carnival is bacchanal. Movement. Energy. Art. Excitement. “The greatest show...

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Music, Reviews

Rhythm roundup (September/October 2006)

Dip and Fall Back: Dr Kinsey to Haile Selassie: Classic Jamaican Mento Various artists (Trojan) The British label Trojan, long known to...

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Culture, Literature, Arts, Caribbean Diaspora

Peepal Tree Press spreads its branches

One of the ironies of the Caribbean publishing business is that the world’s leading publisher of Caribbean literature is located...

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Culture, Arts, People, Trinidad and Tobago

John La Rose: intellectual beacon

With the death of John La Rose in London, Trinidad and the whole Caribbean have lost a multi-talented intellectual and activist, while the...

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Culture, Music, People, Cuba

Ibrahim Ferrer: Bolero Ultimo

The voice of a 20th-century Caribbean dream finally fell silent back in August, when the 78-year-old Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died...

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