Culture, Travel, Lifestyle, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora
By Kito Johnson ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
Exploring Caribbean London
It seems like only last week that Usain Bolt was strolling his way to Olympic gold in the 100 metres final in Beijing, smashing the world...
Culture, Sports, Caribbean Diaspora
By Kwame Laurence ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
The Caribbean at the 2012 Olympic games
The last edition of the Summer Olympics, Beijing 2008, was a good one for the Caribbean, especially for the Jamaicans. It was the year when...
People, Sports, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora
By Kwame Laurence ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
In a nutshell: the Caribbean ones to watch in London
CUBA Lázaro Álvarez Born January 28, 1991 Event Boxing (featherweight)...
History, Sports, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago
By Kwame Laurence ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
A Golden Anniversary? The Caribbean at the Olympic Games
Jamaica celebrates the 50th anniversary of its independence from Britain during the London Olympics. What would be the perfect gift for its...
Sports, United Kingdom, Caribbean Diaspora
By Kwame Laurence ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
The Caribbean paralympians 2012 — olympians too
Cuba and Jamaica have been the big Caribbean players in the Paralympic Games for athletes with physical disabilities, which are held right...
People, Sports, Trinidad and Tobago
By Kwame Laurence ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
Richard “Torpedo” Thompson: ready to fire
My first Olympic memory is being in front of the TV with my family for the final of the Atlanta Games 100 metres final with Ato Boldon. I...
By David Katz ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
Do the Cubans do reggae?
A gritty port town with an oil refinery in its otherwise picturesque bay, Santiago is Cuba’s second largest city. It was once the main...
Culture, Music, People, Jamaica
By Garry Steckles ● Issue 116 (July/August 2012)
The next generation of Marleys
It seems like just the other day that I first heard reports out of Jamaica about a sensational new reggae album called Catch a Fire, by a...