By Liam Taylor ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
Aishalton dairy
The Wapishana village of Aishalton, Guyana It’s just another night out in Aishalton. The moon is high, providing enough light for the...
Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Trinidad and Tobago
By Various Contributors ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
Twin-island pleasures: Trinidad & Tobago
Go to town Jamie Eliot on Port of Spain, the nation’s capital At City Gate, buses and maxi taxis from all over the country pour in....
Culture, Music, Arts, Spanish Caribbean
By Simon Lee ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
The Latin music hotlist
While the Anglophone Caribbean moves mostly to the riddems of dancehall and soca, with occasional nods to salsa and zouk, the whole region...
Culture, Theatre and Dance, Arts, Jamaica
By Kellie Magnus ● Issue 76 (November/December 2005)
Jamaica’s pantomime: upstaging tradition
Deck the halls with red poinsettias. Serve up sorrel, fruitcake, and heaping slices of ham. Put on your best Sunday clothes and make a trip...
By Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 75 (September/October 2005)
Losing it | Last word
One thing about running a magazine: you have to be careful not to lose things. Your content, your judgement, your pants — hang on to them...
Theatre and Dance, People, Jamaica
By Annie Paul ● Issue 75 (September/October 2005)
Rex Nettleford: “Running a university is like running a dance company”
At the risk of romanticising a little, I do treasure very much the fact of my growing up in rural Jamaica. I was born in Falmouth,...
Culture, Music, People, Trinidad and Tobago
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 75 (September/October 2005)
Lyrics man: David Rudder
I was talking music with my good friend Victor the other day. Victor, you should know, is Trini to de bone — a walking encyclopedia of...
Culture, Literature, Arts, Haiti
By James Ferguson ● Issue 75 (September/October 2005)
À la recherche: Monsieur Toussaint by Edouard Glissant
High in the picturesque mountains of the Jura, not far from France’s border with Switzerland, stands the Fort de Joux. Perched on a...