South Coast, Barbados | Neighbourhood By Caribbean Beat | Issue 153 (September/October 2018) The sheltered south coast of Barbados is a visitors’ playground — but alongside crowded beaches and lively nightlife, you’ll find lots of history and touches of nature, too
AnimeKon: welcome to the multiverse | Word of mouth By Robert Edison Sandiford | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) Robert Edison Sandiford visits Barbados’s annual AnimeKon and finds everything from cosplay to sci-fi writers and video games
Head for heights | Round Trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 152 (July/August 2018) There’s nothing like the thrill of a higher perspective, far above the ground — from ziplining to rock-climbing to floating in a hot-air balloon. Get ready to soar
Love is in the air | Round trip By Caribbean Beat | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) For many lovebirds around the world, the idea of a Caribbean wedding — making vows on the beach, with a backdrop of glimmering blue sea — seems like a dream. And it easily comes true
The games are afoot | Snapshot By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) Video games aren’t just for teenagers to have fun — globally, they’re a highly lucrative business, requiring state-of-the-art technical know-how, creative flair, and significant investment. Mark Lyndersay meets the minds behind Couple Six and Coded-Arts, video game developers in Barbados and T&T, whose agenda includes creating games that reflect the culture of their home islands
Jason Jeffers: stories like ours | Snapshot By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 147 (September/October 2017) His passion for film started when he was growing up in Barbados. It led Jason Jeffers to make the award-winning short documentary Papa Machete, and to found the Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival in Miami. What these initiatives have in common, he tells Nailah Folami Imoja, is a dedication to telling Caribbean stories and changing the way the world imagines our islands
Clockwise Barbados | Destination By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) You can explore your way entirely around the island of Barbados in a single day, enjoying extraordinary beaches, historic architecture, and landscapes varying from gently rolling to dramatically rugged — as in our “clockwise” itinerary
25 Caribbean achievers under 25 By Various Contributors | Issue 145 (May/June 2017) Caribbean Beat celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2017. But this isn’t only an opportunity to look back at our quarter century of publication: it’s also a moment to look ahead to the new generation of talented, determined Caribbean people who will shape the decades ahead. In this special feature, we introduce 25 remarkable young people aged 25 and under. Athletes and entrepreneurs, artists and scientists — they and their contemporaries are the future of our region
Bridgetown, Barbados | Layover By Caribbean Beat | Issue 144 (March/April 2017) As one of the Caribbean’s most popular tourist destinations, Barbados is also a major hub for international flights to the region. Our guide to exploring the island when time is tight
My Barbados By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 142 (November/December 2016) Six Barbadians from diverse backgrounds talk to Nailah Folami Imoja about their lives and work, what they love best about their home island, and their biggest hopes for the future, as Barbados marks fifty years of Independence
Word of mouth (July/August 2016) By Emily Zobel Marshall and Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) Barbados Crop Over and the Leeds West Indian Carnival are two stars of the August festival season
Barbadian Shakirah Bourne — living the Dream By Nailah Folami Imoja | Issue 139 (May/June 2016) Barbadian Shakirah Bourne became a filmmaker by accident — and learned her craft the hard way, through “guerilla-style” productions with minimal resources. Then a “dream” project came along: the chance to adapt and direct Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a Bajan setting. Nailah Folami Imoja tells the story of how A Caribbean Dream came true
Easter fare By Nazma Muller | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) No Caribbean holiday is thinkable without a delicious menu — and Easter weekend is no exception. Nazma Muller shares recipes for seasonal dishes from up and down the islands: Jamaican Easter bun, Bajan-style fried flying fish, and Martinique’s spicy matoutou crab stew
Stories of what-if By Philip Sander | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) Call it sci-fi, speculative fiction, fantasy — it’s one of the world’s most popular genres of storytelling, and a growing wave of Caribbean writers are bringing our voices, culture, and history to tales of mythical pasts and thrilling futures, lost worlds and faraway planets. Philip Sander talks to sci-fi authors Nalo Hopkinson, Tobias Buckell, Karen Lord, and R.S.A. Garcia
Troy Weekes: “We too can be creators” By Tracy Assing | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) Barbadian Troy Weekes, systems designer and education entrepreneur, on rethinking how children learn and how Caribbean people interact with digital technology— as told to Tracy Assing
Ewan Atkinson: boy next door By Allison Thompson | Issue 136 (November/December 2015) The fictional Neighbourhood invented by Barbadian artist Ewan Atkinson is like a childhood fantasy complicated by grown-up concerns, Allison Thompson writes
Bim by bus By Caribbean Beat | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) How Barbados’s public transport system makes it one of the easiest Caribbean islands to get around, for locals and tourists alike
Wide Sargassum sea By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) As coastlines across the Caribbean are inundated by masses of floating Sargassum weed, some entrepreneurs are trying to put the seaweed to good use. Shelly-Ann Inniss investigates
Tip of the rock: Barbados’ north coast By Nixon Nelson | Issue 135 (September/October 2015) Far from the crowds of Bridgetown and the bustle of the south coast, the northern tip of Barbados is a rugged and picturesque landscape of hills and dramatic cliffs, caves and coves. It can feel almost like another island — but as Nixon Nelson finds, it’s still within easy reach
Holetown, Barbados By Caribbean Beat | Issue 133 (May/June 2015) The oldest settlement in Barbados, founded in 1627, Holetown has history, a prime beachside location, and some of the island’s best dining and shopping
