Haiti

Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Haiti

Jacmel, Haiti

Streetscape On the eastern side of sheltered Jacmel Bay, the town stretches back from a shingly beach to a steep escarpment above Rue...

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Engage, Environment, Business, Haiti

Castor oil, please

Castor oil. Two words that used to strike terror in the hearts — and stomachs — of Caribbean children. In the old days, at the end of...

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Embark, Festivals and Events, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago

Word of mouth (November/December 2015)

Traveller’s tree What’s a miniature butterfly-winged skeleton doing on a Christmas tree? Philip Sander explains the origins of a...

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Embark, Festivals and Events, Haiti, United Kingdom

Word of mouth (July/August 2015)

On Haitian earth Philip Sander explains the historic significance of Carifesta’s visit to Haiti There’s a sad disproportion between...

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Engage, Culture, History, Haiti

Faustin Wirkus: for king and country?

More or less exactly a century ago, on 28 July, 1915, the first contingent of United States Marines disembarked in Port-au-Prince to begin...

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Embark, Fashion and Jewellery, Haiti

Stella Jean: culture chameleon

Stella Jean has captured fashionistas’ hearts around the world with her impeccably crafted clothing. Inspired by her Haitian and Italian...

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Arrive, Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, Haiti

The other side of Haiti

Just making my way through customs and out of Toussaint L’Ouverture International Airport seemed daunting enough. But nothing could...

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Literature, Reviews, Haiti, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Bookshelf (July/August 2000)

PICK OF THE MONTH The Immaculate Invasion Bob Shacochis (Viking Penguin 1999; Bloomsbury paperback 2000; 408pp, ISBN 0-7475-4529-4) When...

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