The wisdom of Socrates
He's alive and well and living in St Kitts. And Garry Steckles finds the calypsonian with the philosopher's name is as savvy as his Ancient Greek namesake
Issue 107 (January/February 2011)
From a wooden cathedral to the towering Kaieteur Falls, Ruth-Ann Lynch was dazzled by its diversity • Judy Raymond sends some postcards from New York City • Bevil Wooding of T&T is one of only seven people in the world who hold keys to the Internet. But, he tells Gerard Best, what he really wants is for the rest of the region to have greater access • Redemption in Indigo is like no other West Indian writing. Robert Edison Sandiford talked to author Karen Lord • David Katz pays tribute to reggae singer Gregory Isaacs • Producer Martin Raymond talked to Tracy Assing about the T&T Carnival music scene • Abigail Hadeed shares her images of Trinidad’s old-time Carnival characters • Sun, sea, sand – and fertility treatments. Debbie Jacob looks at the medical tourism offered in Barbados • Essiba Small tries out this ancient art – first-hand • Nazma Muller finds her spiritual side on a 7,000-foot peak in Jamaica • T&T Carnival is conserved in Anton Gabriel’s Toronto museum of mas. Donna Yawching took the tour • The indigenous people of the region are rewriting history. Filmmaker Tracy Assing told her side of the story to James Fuller • More than just doggerel sung to a small guitar, it’s also the music of protest and passion. Debbie Jacob talked to two experts • He’s alive and well and singing calypso in St Kitts. Garry Steckles met him • James Ferguson celebrates the end of the dictatorial Duvalier dynasty • Now you can download a dinner recipe. Franka Philip wonders whether to toss away the cookbooks • For 30 years Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar dreamed of being T&T’s Queen of Carnival. She told Cedriann Martin how it feels
Happy Day in Haiti — the Duvaliers remembered
Twenty-five years ago, the Duvalier dynasty came to an end. James Ferguson explains why that date remains a red-letter day in the troubled country that Baby Doc left behind
Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar: queen for a day
Rosemarie Kuru Jaggessar was crowned Trinidad & Tobago's Queen of Carnival 2010. She talked to Cedriann J Martin
Cooking APP a storm
These days you don't need to leaf through a pile of cookbooks or even surf the Net to find out how to make oildown or accras. You can download recipes on your phone. Franka Philip did just that
Happenings – January/February 2011
A round-up of current and coming events on the Caribbean calendar
Guyana’s got it going on
Guyana’s people can trace their roots back to Africa, India, Portugal and China
Getting the Pigeon Point
The green waters and white sand are famous, but James Fuller discovers Tobago’s Pigeon Point is so much more than just a pretty picture
Picking the Big Apple
...or should that be picking in the Big Apple? Judy Raymond is spoilt for choice in New York City
Bevil Wooding: casting the internet wider
Bevil Wooding of Trinidad & Tobago is one of only seven people worldwide who hold keys to the Internet. He tells Gerard Best what he really wants
Karen Lord: author of a very Barbadian book
Redemption to Indigo is like no other West Indian writing. Robert Edison Sandiford talked to author Karen Lord
Martin Raymond: “go back to Caribbean music”
Producer Martin Raymond talks about the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival music scene
Past masters of the mas
These old-time characters still come out to play every Carnival, and Abigail Hadeed is there to record them. Here she shares some of her images
The Barbados Fertility Clinic: a vacation that really delivers
Sun, sea, sand – and fertility treatments. Debbie Jacob looks at the medical tourism offered in Barbados
The magic of mehndi
It’s like a temporary tattoo, but mehndi predates that trend by thousands of years. Essiba Small tries out this ancient art of decorating the body
Ode to Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
Where the land seems to touch the sky…Nazma Muller discovers her spiritual side on a 7,000-foot peak in Jamaica
Reggae on wheels
The tiny Jamaican village of Nine Mile attracts a stream of visitors – that’s where Bob Marley buried. Ian Stalker rode there on the Zion Bus Line
Anton Gabriel: the man with the golden boots
T&T Carnival now has a home in the east end of Toronto, where Anton Gabriel has founded his own museum of mas. Donna Yawching dropped by
Through Carib eyes
The indigenous people of the region are rewriting history. Filmmaker Tracy Assing told her side of the story to James Fuller
What calypso means to the Caribbean
Visitors are often entertained with these clever, cheerful folk tunes, but calypso is so much more than that. Debbie Jacob talked to two experts
