Simona Taylor: Romance for Grown-Ups
In Simona Taylor’s 2011 romance Intimate Exposure, Shani – a recent divorcée and single mother – falls for Elliot, a do-gooder and...
Heather Headley: a star with her feet on the ground
In 2000, news spread about a Trinidad-born actress making waves on Broadway. Her command of her emotions made you sure that her onstage...
Seretse Small: Take it live
Seretse Small was bound to be a great musician. He could hardly avoid it. His Guyanese-born, French-speaking mother Jean was a theatre...
Jimmy Cliff: Many rivers to cross
At the end of Jimmy’s first year in Kingston, he decided not to continue with his studies, certain that he would make his career in...
Dr Kumar Mahabir: “Our Diversity is our Strength”
I think we are very fortunate – if not blessed – to be living in a place with such a diverse culture. This is our strength. You can...
Pat Bishop: She belonged to the house of music
“It is as if you walked around the Savannah every day and looked up at the Northern Range, admiring its beauty. And then one day, it just...
A blog called Afrobella
The first time someone recognised Patrice Grell Yursik as her beauty-blogging alter ego Afrobella, she was at the grocery store in Miami,...
Vanessa Hall: Perfect bad luck
It was a piece of bad luck that put Antiguan photographer Vanessa Hall on the right track to a new, exciting career. After graduating from...
