Kassav: Doctor Zouk
Drums roll. A powerful voice shouts through the microphone: “Zzet veni pou” What did you come for? And the whole place seems to...
Give Me A Boat
Under the straw hat’s ragged brim the grin was wide and warm. A strong steady hand reached up to grab mine as I stepped uncertainly...
Meeting the Master: Wilfredo Lam
It was a long flight, and there was plenty of time to think about the art of the Caribbean and its place on the international stage. For me...
Riding the Bus in Grenada (a Poem) | Last Word
Riding a Grenadian bus is like a spiritual experience. Not because it puts you closer to the hereafter, and not because you find yourself...
Safe Haven: Trinidad’s Wildfowl Trust and Nariva Swamp
It must be the most original setting for a nature centre in the entire Caribbean, if not in the world. The Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust...
Caribbean Kitchen (Spring 1994)
Fed up with canned and packet soups! Try a good Caribbean recipe. Soups are commonly based on local fruits and vegetables such as avocados,...
How to Get Lost in Barbados | Last Word
So you’re breezing along in your rented mini-moke, sunfried, sightseeing among the sugarcane countryside of gentle undulating...
Inside Cuba
“If you walked into that water now,” a friend of mine said in Havana, “you’d come out dyed blue.” The sea off...
