Georgia Popplewell: “I need to live to one hundred”
Founded in 2004, the international citizen media NGO Global Voices plays a crucial role in amplifying the voices of online communities...
Eid-ul-Fitr: the end of the fast
Celebrating the end of the Ramadan fast, Muslim women prepare to pray in the Onafhankelijksplein, the park at the heart of Paramaribo’s...
Trinidad’s Aida — Heather Headley
It was minutes before the curtain went up on the Broadway musical, Aida. Unless you count the three grapes and two strawberries she had...
John King: standing for something
You can trace John King’s progress by his hair. In 1982, when he appeared as the young “Johnny Ma Boy” in Barbados’s Crop Over...
Another giant leap: Camille Wardrop-Alleyne
In July 1969, when three-year-old Trinidadian Camille Wardrop watched astronaut Neil Armstrong take mankind’s first lumbering steps on...
Out of many: Martin Luther King Jr and Jamaica
When Martin Luther King, Jr, arrived at Jamaica’s Palisadoes Airport fifty years ago, on 20 June, 1965, he was at the peak of his fame....
Bright lights, big city, hot sauce: Paul Carmichael
It’s early evening in New York City, and you’re in a buzzing restaurant with friends for an informal dinner. As you sip your ginga...
Caribbean Hollywood: 40+ actors of Caribbean heritage
Caribbean actors have been lighting up Hollywood screens for decades — even if you don’t recognise their accents. Caroline Taylor looks back at the first generation of Caribbean movie and TV stars, and profiles some of today’s headliners who can claim Caribbean roots
