What Accent? A Trini in Barbados | Classic | Last Word
Imagine my shock on landing in Barbados when I, speaking in my normal Trini accent, was misunderstood by a Bajan customs officer. It was my...
It’s a brown world | Last word | Classic
At home in Trinidad, Caroline Taylor’s multi-ethnic identity is no mystery; the rest of the world is a totally different melting-pot. Originally published in 2004, this evergreen archive piece was also reproduced in the September/October 2018 issue
Alpha plus: Jamaica’s Alpha Boys School
It’s a hot day in February as I drive up Mountain View Avenue in Kingston. The foothills of the Blue Mountains are dotted with patches of...
Biodiversity bonanza: Guyana’s Rupununi
Guyana is one of the few places on earth where large tracts of natural habitat are still intact. And the biggest Caricom nation is...
Minnows’ hope
As if you didn’t already know, there are no teams from the Caribbean in this year’s FIFA World Cup finals. Jamaica could only manage...
Baby John
In the small town of Curiepe, east of Caracas, the festival of San Juan, celebrated during the summer solstice in June, is a tangible...
Flying lessons: Debbie Jacob’s Wishing for Wings
Jahmai Donaldson was a troubled teenager so enamoured of rap stars that he had his teeth replaced with false ones made of gold and...
Dave Chadee — mosquito man
Consider this: mosquitoes kill more people (and livestock) than any other animal on the planet. The Dracula of the insect world transmits a...
