A day in Little Havana
If Los Angeles is the city of angels then Miami is the city of refuge and dreams, a haven for those fleeing South America or the Caribbean,...
Colette Burnett: I believe I can fly
Nah, I not eating no chicken wing! Woman, is breast or thigh for me, please!” the man said to the exasperated food vendor. “She mad to...
Wendell McShine: a shaman called Shine
Rumour has it that Wendell McShine is an obeahman. And without prompting he confirms it in an e-mail: “I’m into shamanism and stuff...
Fidel Castro: score one to the maximum leader
The history of Cuban-American relations since Fidel Castro’s revolutionary forces seized power on New Year’s Day, 1959, has been a...
Aunty Pam: spicing up Seattle
Her tiny white board house and the sugar cane that surrounded it have vanished, along with the only way of life her Indian-born parents and...
Francis Hendy: the quiet man with the big name
Francis Hendy is a Trinidadian by birth and a New Yorker by choice. If you want to make a name for yourself in the fashion industry, New...
Where George Washington Slept
“George Washington slept here!” That’s the refrain among many Barbadians, now that the house where Washington lived for two months in...
Where Nature Lives
Eerie, pinpoint flashes of light lanced the all-embracing darkness as driver-cum-tourist guide Mark Blanset brought the large, open-sided...
