Culture

Embark, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago

Jeremy Tilokee: raw passion

I have many Caribbean friends who used to vigorously resist the idea of raw seafood. “I eh eating dat!” But after some coaxing, and a...

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Embark, Music, Reviews, Festivals and Events

Caribbean Playlist (July/August 2015)

St Thomas — Dion Parson and the 21st Century Band Drummer Dion Parson from St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands has gathered a cadre of...

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Embark, Literature, Reviews

Caribbean Bookshelf (July/August 2015)

A Brief History of Seven Killings, by Marlon James (Riverhead Books, 704 pp, ISBN 9781594486005) Many roads in writing have led to Bob...

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Embark, Sports

The T20 question for West Indies cricket

As the Caribbean hosts the third edition of a cricket tournament marketed as “the biggest party in sport,” some followers of the...

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Embark, Travel, People, Trinidad and Tobago

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...

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Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Trinidad and Tobago

Eastern elegance: Dhisha Moorjani’s House of Jaipur

For ten years, Trinidadian designer Dhisha Moorjani worked in the retail business, selling handicrafts and home décor from India. Then in...

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Embark, Festivals and Events, Haiti, United Kingdom

Word of mouth (July/August 2015)

On Haitian earth Philip Sander explains the historic significance of Carifesta’s visit to Haiti There’s a sad disproportion between...

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Engage, Community, People, Suriname

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...

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