Al Akong: drawing from memory By Al Akong | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Artist Al Akong sketches his favourite images of a life spent in the Caribbean
Cooking by numbers By Franka Philip | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Everyone should be able to cook the basics, says Franka Philip. But which ones?
Pierre Toussaint: from slavery to sainthood By James Ferguson | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Born in Haiti, the Venerable Pierre Toussaint is on the way to becoming the first Caribbean saint. James Ferguson tells his story.
Great balls of Fire in Babylon By Garry Steckles | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Through a rosy mist of nostalgia, Garry Steckles watches a new movie about West Indies cricket
CD Reviews (September/October 2011) By Essiba Small | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) The new music that is reflecting the region right now
Book Reviews (September/October 2011) By Kevin Baldeosingh and Judy Raymond | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) The new books that are reflecting the region right now
Film Reviews (September/October 2011) By Jonathan Ali | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) The new films that are reflecting the region right now
T&T’s love affair with the silver screen By The Trinidad and Tobago Film Company | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) September’s film festival marks a century of cinema in Port of Spain
Ramleela: epic on a village stage By Laura Dowrich-Phillips | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) At this time of year, rural Trinidad communities stage an ancient theatrical ritual. Laura Dowrich-Phillips sets the scene
Celebrating Trinidad’s Calypso By Debbie Jacob | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) October is Calypso History Month in Trinidad & Tobago. Debbie Jacob explains why this indigenous folk music means so much to the region
Nothing so sweet as Nevis String Band By Simon Lee | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) You know you’re in Nevis when you hear that haunting bamboo fife. Simon Lee makes notes on the island’s native music
Where the jet set sat By Ian Stalker | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Barbados is now the habitat of a giant flightless bird – the Concorde. Ian Stalker went on board this iconic supersonic plane
Tiphanie Yanique: “A sense of place and a sense of self” By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Award-winning writer Tiphanie Yanique tells Lisa Allen-Agostini how literature can link the US Virgin Islands to the rest of the Caribbean
A day with Bertrand “Dr Birdy” Jno Baptiste By Paul Crask | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Dominica’s best-known birdwatcher can spot a plumbeous warbler or a rufous-throated solitaire a mile off
Happenings (September/October 2011) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) A round-up of current and coming events on the Caribbean calendar
The beat of a different chutney soca drum By Kim Johnson | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) T&T’s chutney soca fuses Indian music with African elements drawn from calypso. Kim Johnson unearths its intertwined roots
Spell in a teacup By Ingrid Persaud | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Ingrid Persaud is entranced by Kiran Akal’s Caribbean blended teas
Chris Browne: third world filmmaker By Araya Crosskill | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Jamaican director Chris Browne (Third World Cop) tells Araya Crosskill about the milestone he’s achieved with his second feature, Ghett’a Life
The Amazing Ms Nicki Minaj By Nigel Telesford | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Nigel Telesford traces the rapper’s meteoric career from her beginnings in Trinidad and Tobago
The pleasures of Port Antonio, Jamaica By Jennifer Marshall | Issue 111 (September/October 2011) Jennifer Marshall follows in hollywood star Errol Flynn’s footsteps to Jamaica’s northeast coast
