Keeping the faith: Ramleela in Trinidad By Natasha Ramnauth | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) Every year, in the weeks leading up to Divali, Trinidad's Hindu communities perform elaborate re-enactments of the Ramayana. Natasha Ramnauth remembers seeing Ramleela as a child, and explains the spiritual significance of this gripping tale of love, war, and the triumph of good over evil
Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd: “Just working on the feel” By David Katz | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) Clement “Sir Coxsone” Dodd, Jamaica’s legendary reggae producer and founder of the venerable Studio One label, as interviewed by David Katz
Lisa O’Connor: the Ecstatic Eye By Mariel Brown | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) The brilliant colours and energetic impasto of Lisa O’Connor’s paintings are utterly distinctive, and her work is eagerly sought after by Caribbean collectors. Mariel Brown gets to know the upbeat Trinidadian artist, and wonders about the forces that drive her impassioned brush
Tommy Cowan: backstage king By Garry Steckles | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) From the One Love Concert for Peace to the first Reggae Sunsplash, producer and promoter Tommy Cowan has been behind the scenes
London calling By Philip Nanton | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) One of the key figures in the eruption of West Indian literature in the 1940s and 50s was an Irish-born BBC producer named Henry Swanzy.
Sexual Revolution By James Ferguson | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) In his explicit memoir, Reinaldo Arenas recorded the perils of being a homosexual man in Castro’s Cuba
Cook it up By Anu Lakhan | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) She went to Jamaica and encountered a gas cooker, and nothing was ever the same. Pages from Anu Lakhan’s Kingston journal
Kwamé Ryan: Classical Rebel By Kathy Ann Waterman | Issue 63 (September/October 2003) In the high-strung world of classical music, the young Trinidadian conductor Kwamé Ryan has earned a reputation as a brilliant maverick.
