Embark, Culture, Literature, Reviews
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 121 (May/June 2013)
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 2013)
What Things Are True, by Jackie Hinkson (Paria Publishing Company, 316 pp, ISBN 9789768054968) Tempting as it is to term this book...
Embark, Culture, Music, Reviews
By Essiba Small ● Issue 121 (May/June 2013)
Caribbean Playlist (May/June 2013)
Santiman, by The Creole Choir of Cuba (Real World) With this follow-up to their 2011 album Tande-La, the Creole Choir of Cuba...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Mirissa De Four ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Caribbean Datebook (March/April 2013)
AROUND THE REGION Rally round Sports bring people together like nothing else, and in the Caribbean no game incites stronger emotions than...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events
By Various Contributors ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Word of mouth (March/April 2013)
Beach jams Desiree Seebaran enjoys the seaside fusion of jazz and calypso at the Tobago Jazz Festival Jazz on the Beach is almost always...
Embark, Culture, Fashion and Jewellery
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Ayana Dixon: Fun in the sun
Model-cum-designer Ayana Dixon has women turning heads with her 2013 swimwear collection. Dixon, who returned to Jamaica after interning...
Embark, Culture, Literature, Reviews
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Caribbean Bookshelf (March/April 2013)
Picturing the Caribbean The traditional photo book is going through some changes. No longer content to reside stoutly on coffee tables,...
Embark, Culture, Music, Reviews
By Desiree Seebaran ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Caribbean Playlist (March/April 2013)
Hope, by Sheldon Blackman and the Soul Rebels (Urban Sound Studios) Since his migration to Norway in 2008, Sheldon Blackman has been back...
Embark, Culture, Festivals and Events, Food and Cuisine
By Franka Philip ● Issue 120 (March/April 2013)
Freedom feast: the Caribbean Passover
You can’t love food and not be interested in the culinary customs of other cultures. And as an avid cookbook collector, you find that...