Culture, Literature, Arts, Jamaica
By Louise Bennett ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Miss Lou’s Love Letter
Me darlin love, me lickle dove, Me dumplin, me gizada, Me sweetie Sue, I goes fa you Like how flies goes fa sugar. As ah puts me pen to...
By Martin Carter ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Caribbean Poets: “After One Year”
After today how shall I speak with you? Those miseries I know you cultivate are mine as well as yours, or do you think the impartial...
Culture, Music, Festivals and Events
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Island Beat (Summer 1995)
A ST LUCIA FRIDAY NIGHT Ten pm On Dauphin Street, the first fragrant plumes of smoke float starward from Mrs Hector’s wood-fired...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Caribbean Bookshelf (Summer 1995)
A Small Gathering of Bones Patricia Powell (Heinemann Caribbean Writers Series 1994) Spirits in the Dark H. Nigel Thomas (Heinemann...
By Debbie Jacob and Dermont Hussey ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Upbeat (Summer 1995)
Kings Of The Dance Hall Charlie Chaplain & Josey Wales (VP Records) A change is taking place in dancehall. A wider consciousness is...
By Joe Brown ● Issue 14 (Summer 1995)
Caribbean Kitchen (Summer 1995)
Simple recipes easily prepared in the confined space of most yachts Imagine that you are on one of the many charter yachts that sail the...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Upbeat (Autumn 1995)
Genesis SuperBlue (Ice Records) Thematically speaking, this is the best album to come so far from SuperBlue, who regained the Road March...
By Roxan Kinas ● Issue 15 (September/October 1995)
Brian Talma: King of the Waves
Barbadian windsurfer Brian Talma is one of the best in the world, and has been attracting plenty of international attention both for his...