Viñales Valley, Cuba | Wish you were here (November/December 2019) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Need to know | Events calendar (Nov/Dec 2019) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of November and December across the Caribbean — parang in Trinidad, Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize, Sugar Mas in St Kitts, and more
Bookshelf (Nov/Dec 2019) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) This month’s reading picks, with reviews of In the Vortex of the Cyclone: Selected Poems; I Even Regret Night: Holi Songs of Demerara; Perfected Fables Now: A Bookman Signs off on Seven Decades; The Lesson; and Five Midnights
Playlist (Nov/Dec 2019) | Music reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Third World; Ijó; Mindscape Laboratory; and Nailah Blackman
Q&A with Laura Guzmán | Screenshots By Jonathan Ali | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Filmmaker Laura Guzmán explains how the life of pioneering Dominican Republic director Jean-Louis Jorge inspired her new feature Holy Beasts
Nneka Nurse: cuisine beyond boundaries | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Jamaican-American Nneka Nurse has a mission: to introduce Caribbean cuisine to international foodies. She tells Franka Philip how and why it’s time to “elevate” Caribbean food
Written for the young of all ages | Closeup By Kimberly De Souza | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Young adult (or YA) literature is aimed at teenage readers, but appeals to many grownups, too. And in recent years there’s been a boom in Caribbean YA, Kimberly De Souza reports, as she meets five writers telling innovative stories about Caribbean youth
The Jimmy October Project | Snapshot By Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) “New Calypso” is how twenty-four-year-old Jimmy October describes his genre-bending music — a sound that feels like “home” to listeners in Trinidad and Tobago but also appeals to international audiences. Laura Dowrich-Phillips learns more
The Ghetto Biennale: when art is defiance | Backstory By Nixon Nelson | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Ten years ago, a group of artists in Haiti launched an audacious, even provocative, project: the Ghetto Biennale, drawing international attention to the creative community in Port-au-Prince’s Grand Rue. The event’s tensions and discomforts are at the heart of its mission, writes Nixon Nelson, as the Ghetto Biennale prepares to stage its sixth edition
Curaçao diary | Destination By Philip Sander | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) An unexpected flock of flamingos, traditional architecture, a hike with incredible views, and beach after glorious beach — Philip Sander samples the delights of Caribbean Airlines’ newest destination
George Town, Grand Cayman | Neighbourhood By Caribbean Beat | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Equally famous for its amazing beaches and diving spots and as an international financial centre, the capital of the Cayman Islands also offers art, nature — and a little taste of Hell
An ABC for SVG | Explore By Caribbean Beat | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Twenty-six ways to experience the best of St Vincent and the Grenadines — in alphabetical order
Old San Juan | Bucket list By Caribbean Beat | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) One of the Caribbean’s oldest cities has a historic centre famous for its architecture and culture
For the sake of a lizard | Green By Erline Andrews | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) The gem-like colours of the tiny Union Island gecko — a lizard found only on one small island in the Grenadines — are why it’s so highly coveted by the exotic pet trade. As Erline Andrews reports, hopes for the endangered gecko’s survival depend on new conservation efforts, and a push for eco-tourism
Cruising for trouble | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 160 (November/December 2019) Some people love cruise ships, some people hate them. But, personal preferences aside, the fate of the SS Columbus — scuttled by her captain eighty years ago — suggests the dangers of tourism in a time of war. James Ferguson tells the tale
Annandale Falls, Grenada | Wish you were here (September/October 2019) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Need to know | Events calendar (September/October 2019) By Caribbean Beat and Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) Essential info to help you make the most of September and October across the Caribbean — from a new literature festival in Brooklyn to Divali in T&T, Guyana, and Suriname
Bookshelf (September/October 2019) | Book reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) This month’s reading picks, with reviews of Unraveling; Now/After; Slave Old Man; Skin Can Hold; and a look at the Hardears series
Playlist (September/October 2019) | Music reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Godwin Louis; Stephen John; Jonathan Michel; and Josean Jacobo & Tumbao
Q&A with Lisa Harewood | Screenshots (September/October 2019) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) Barbadian filmmaker Lisa Harewood talks about her new virtual reality project exploring families separated by migration
Divali: a feast for all | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) The Hindu festival of lights is a time of hospitality and generosity, writes Franka Philip — from welcoming friends and family into your home to helping those affected by misfortune
Dionne Brand: The reinvention of poetry | Closeup By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 159 (September/October 2019) Born in Trinidad and based in Canada, writer Dionne Brand has spent decades exploring the transgressive possibilities of poetry, says Shivanee Ramlochan — breaking through boundaries of genre in her quest to understand the shapeshifting self
