Music, People, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 41 (January/February 2000)
Carnival Messiah: Geraldine’s Possession
To say that she’s possessed may not sound complimentary, but it describes the passion and drive that Trinidadian-British composer...
By Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 39 (September/October 1999)
Gateway to liberty
It’s the Statue of Liberty that everyone thinks of first, rearing out of New York harbour, a sightless grey-green apparition flourishing...
By Jeremy Taylor ● Issue 38 July/August 1999)
Caracas, Venezuela: Bolivar’s proud city
“In Venezuela is best of everything,” said Luis. We were sitting on a bench in a corner of Plaza Bolivar, the heart of old...
Immerse, Film and Television, People, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
By Caroline Taylor ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
Winston Duke: “I’m unfinished” | Own words
Tobago-born actor Winston Duke, appearing in the eagerly awaited Black Panther movie, on his love of stories and magical realism, how his village childhood shaped his ethos, and his love of soca music — as told to Caroline Taylor
Arrive, Arts and Architecture, Travel, United States
By Samantha Rojas ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
On Florida’s “Art Coast” | Destination
You always remember your first visit to a truly great museum. For me, it was the Museo del Prado in Madrid — where my dad and I dragged...
Immerse, Culture, Arts, United States
By Alexandra Chang ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
Tracing Circles and Circuits | Panorama
A new exhibition spread across two museums in Los Angeles uses artworks and archival materials to show how different generations of Chinese Caribbean artists deal with issues of migration, diaspora, and cultural identity. Curator Alexandra Chang explains
Immerse, Film and Television, People, United States, Barbados
By Nailah Folami Imoja ● Issue 147 (September/October 2017)
Jason Jeffers: stories like ours | Snapshot
“Caribbean history is more important now, in these times when we are dealing with Brexit and Trump and the concept of diversity, than...
Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United States
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 142 (November/December 2016)
Brooklyn, New York | Neighbourhood
Streetscape The topography of Brooklyn’s seventy-one square miles varies from the towers of Downtown to the elegant brownstone terraces...