Culture, Literature, Arts, Trinidad and Tobago
By Sam Selvon ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
Passing Cloud
Like many other West Indians, Dan had gone overseas to study, and found his world different when he came back . . . This poignant short...
By Caroline Popovic ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
Jean-Jacques Fougère-Audubon: The Bird Man
Think of birds, and you think of Audubon. But who was he? Caroline Popovic finds out The founders of the Audubon Society named their august...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
Caribbean Bookshelf (January/February 1997)
FICTION The Counting House David Dabydeen (Jonathan Cape 1996, pb, ISBN 0-224-043439) Set in India and British Guiana in the mid-19th...
By Paul Keens-Douglas ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
Caribbean Poets: Vibert Reach Home
He had an eventful day. But when he got home the truth began to emerge. Paul Keens-Douglas tells the story . . . De boy leave here good...
By Debbie Jacob, Roxan Kinas, Essiba Small and Nazma Muller ● Issue 23 (January/February 1997)
New Music from the Caribbean
CALYPSO A Tribute To The Mighty Spoiler, Vol. 1 Various artists The Mighty Spoiler was one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most beloved...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 24 (March/April 1997)
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 1997)
Visitor’s Guide To The Windward Islands Don Philpott (Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston/Moorland Publishing Company, UK, 1996: ISBN...
By Various Contributors ● Issue 25 (May/June 1997)
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 1997)
Lilian’s Songs Cecil Gray (Lilibel Publications, 1996; ISBN 0–9681745–0–7) In these poems, more than ever, Cecil Gray focuses on...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Pat Ganase ● Issue 25 (May/June 1997)
Machel Montano: Winer Man
On the Trinidad Carnival stage, he is notorious for every kind of “wine.” Legs apart, he “throws waist” to the wild...