Trinidad’s Earl Lovelace: Watching the Landscape of this Island
On May 1, 1997, at Buckingham Palace, Earl Lovelace, an author from the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, was introduced to Her Majesty the...
Happy Holi
Phagwa, or Holi, in Trinidad usually follows on the heels of Carnival. It is a festival of Hindu origin brought by the Indian indentured...
The Bahamas File
Caribbean Music Mix When the Caribbean Muzik Festival quietly slipped into The Bahamas in May 1994, the first audience was more curious...
Letter from Barbuda
The boatman cut the outboard motor and the sudden silence was pierced only by the cries of thousands of frigate birds as they wheeled and...
Bedroom Banking
Giving my grandmother money “to hold” is an institution in my family. It is our rite of passage from unemployment to employment —...
Barbados for Kids
Okay, so when you were single, you stayed at Sandals. Barefoot in the sand, rum punches at sunset, tropical moonlight silvering the...
Beach Bummer
A great day at the beach in Trinidad? Hmm. That would have to be Manzanilla, 11 years ago. Yep, that was my tourist-brochure-perfect Day At...
Twinmills of Antigua
“Turn her out!” “Turn her in!” The traditional orders for stopping and starting the Caribbean’s only operational sail-powered...
