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Embark, Culture, Food and Cuisine, People

Pelau vs Pelau

Pelau is to Trinidadians and Tobagonians at Carnival time what hot dogs are to Americans on the Fourth of July — but much healthier. The...

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Immerse, Arts, History, People, Trinidad and Tobago

The history of paradise: on Peter Minshall’s Paradise Lost

“What you wear is the work of art. You play it.” — Peter Minshall   It was the masquerade band that changed things, reshaping...

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Engage, Culture, Technology, People, Guyana

Niven Narain: smarter medicine

When he was thirteen years old, Niven Narain lost his grandmother to cancer. “I watched her go through nine months that were just...

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Immerse, Culture, People, Jamaica

Kira Williams: “this life-changing thing we call yoga”

I fell asleep in my first yoga class. It was a group class at a gym in Kingston, and even though I’d been doing weight training and...

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Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, People, Jamaica

Fly gal style

In her current hometown of New York City, Jamaican designer Samantha Black transformed a nineteenth-century church into a lively fashion...

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Immerse, Culture, People, United States

Believe the hype — the Majah Hype

Backstage at Baruch College, all comedian Majah Hype could think was “this is only the beginning.” It was a Friday night in New York...

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Engage, History, People, Grenada

The artist of Carriacou

I cannot really claim to be an art collector. Most of the images that decorate our house are reproductions of one sort or another, usually...

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Immerse, Arts and Architecture, Culture, People, Barbados

Ewan Atkinson: boy next door

Who are the people in your neighbourhood? They’re the people that you meet each day.    A neighbourhood is a familiar place....

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