History

Engage, Culture, History, US Virgin Islands

The remains of the Danes

The Caribbean, as we know, is a part of the world with a long, complex, and quite often unpleasant colonial history. We also know who the...

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Immerse, Arts and Architecture, History, People

Fanny Eaton: forgotten beauty

When Fanny Eaton died in west London on March 4, 1924, her memories were already lost to senility. She had worked as a cleaner, a...

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Engage, Culture, History, Cuba

Who’s your granny?

In the 1950s and 60s, when Marxism was still fashionable, communist newspapers had suitably stirring names: Pravda (“Truth”) in the...

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Embark, Food and Cuisine, History

Dining like the ancestors

We don’t know enough about the pre-Columbian history of the Caribbean. Many believe that our island chain — formed through tectonic...

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Engage, Culture, History, Grenada

The Bianca C: into the deep

It’s fair to say the passenger liner MV Bianca C had its share of bad luck. It sank not once, but twice, and now lies in about 150 feet...

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Arrive, Environment, Leisure, History, Martinique, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean volcanoes: fire down below

La Soufrière caldera St Vincent The highest peak in St Vincent — rising to 4,049 feet above the sea, near the island’s northern tip...

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Engage, Festivals and Events, History, People, Sports

Historic gold: the earliest Caribbean Olympic heroes

Who would dare to guess what will happen to the athletes from the Caribbean at the Olympic Games in August? Will Jamaica’s Usain...

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Immerse, Community, History, People, Trinidad and Tobago

The Merikins: heroes of the forgotten war

The company villages perch atop the ridges of low hills in southern Trinidad — too low to offer panoramic views, but high enough to keep...

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