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...
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...
Jamaica Cool
Some years ago I took the Long Island Railroad from Penn Station in Manhattan. A few stops down the line is Jamaica in the borough of...
Big Mac: Barbados’ Mac Fingall
At six foot five, the Games Master at the Lodge School looks small in his cramped cubicle, which is three feet square. Paper is scattered...
Jason Apparicio: Wave Rider
As I paddle my surfboard through tepid turquoise on the remote north coast of Trinidad, it’s hard to believe this is the same ocean...
Trinidad & Tobago: Dancing To A Different Drum
“So what is Trinidad famous for?” the teacher asked. The subject was Caribbean achievements. It was a hot Friday afternoon; the...
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 1997)
Visitor’s Guide To The Windward Islands Don Philpott (Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston/Moorland Publishing Company, UK, 1996: ISBN...
Little Tobago: Counting the Birds of Paradise
There may or may not be a portrait of Queen Victoria looking down on the chaps at Britain’s Scientific Exploration Society, but the fact...
