Bookshelf (July/August 2017) | Book Reviews By Shivanee Ramlochan | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) This month’s reading picks in our books column
Datebook | Caribbean Events Calendar (July/August 2017) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Events around the Caribbean in July and August, from the Caribbean Premier League to Carifesta XIII in Barbados
Word of mouth (July/August 2017) By Caroline Taylor, Laura Dowrich-Phillips and Suzanne Bhagan | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) The charms of “August holidays” by the beach, a new film from Trinidad & Tobago ("The Cutlass") goes international, and Grenada’s Spicemas keeps the spirit of the Jab Jab alive
Don’t stop the cricket: Caribbean Premier League T20 2017 | The Game By Garry Steckles | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) As the 2017 Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket tournament opens, Garry Steckles reports on some interesting moves by star players
Playlist (July/August 2017) | Music Reviews By Nigel Campbell | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) This month’s listening picks
Screenshots (July/August 2017) | Film Reviews By Jonathan Ali | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) This month’s film-watching picks
The truth about superfoods — Caribbean ones | Cookup By Franka Philip | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Nutritionists dismiss the ”superfood” trend, promoting obscure ingredients as dietary wonders. Nonetheless, there are Caribbean plants packed with nutrients which ought to be better known. Franka Philip learns about a few of them
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The poems must have decided on me” | Own Words By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Poet Shivanee Ramlochan on her debut book Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting, and why she’s so powerfully drawn to difficult subjects — as told to Nicholas Laughlin
The Antigua Dance Academy: it starts with the drum | Backstory By Joanne C Hillhouse | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) As the Antigua Dance Academy celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary, it can boast of keeping traditional Afro-Caribbean dance and music alive, writes Joanne C. Hillhouse
Hadriana’s wedding | Showcase By René Depestre | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) An excerpt from the classic Haitian novel Hadriana in All My Dreams, by René Depestre, newly translated
Etienne Charles: a head for jazz and a creole soul | Closeup By Nigel Campbell | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) From his jaunty fedora to his bespoke suits, Trinidadian Etienne Charles looks like a jazzman — and he has the musical chops to back it up. A phenomenal talent with the trumpet, he’s also earned a reputation as a composer with a gift for merging traditional Caribbean genres with jazz, Nigel Campbell reports
Clockwise Barbados | Destination By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) You can explore your way entirely around the island of Barbados in a single day, enjoying extraordinary beaches, historic architecture, and landscapes varying from gently rolling to dramatically rugged — as in our “clockwise” itinerary
Paramaribo, Suriname | Layover By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Newcomers to Suriname’s capital are often surprised by its cosmopolitan charms — which you can enjoy on even a brief visit
Jamaica, land we love | Escape By Nazma Muller | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Jamaica’s beaches are as famous as its reggae and dancehall. But turn from the coast into the lush, hilly interior and you discover why the island’s name means “land of wood and water.” And there’s no better way to experience that wild beauty than to hike up Blue Mountain Peak, as Nazma Muller did
Santiago de Cuba | Neighbourhood By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Cuba’s onetime capital, sheltered by the Sierra Maestra, is a living history museum and a cultural epicentre, especially during the July Carnival
Twisting Rhodes | On this day By James Ferguson | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) It’s an irony of history that the legacy of arch-imperialist Cecil Rhodes includes the education of many Caribbean intellectuals — like Jamaican Rex Nettleford, who arrived in Oxford sixty years ago, writes James Ferguson
Arif Bulkan: standing up for rights | Inspire By Raymond Ramcharitar | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) In the field of Caribbean human rights law, few have done more on behalf of the vulnerable than Guyanese Arif Bulkan. Raymond Ramcharitar learns about his work in indigenous and LGBT rights
The Bibliothèque Schoelcher: a Library For All | Parting Shot By Caribbean Beat | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Martinique’s Bibliothèque Schoelcher is a storehouse of history in more ways than one
The energy of the future: renewables in the Caribbean | Green By Erline Andrews | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Year-round sunshine, endless breezes, gushing rivers: most Caribbean countries have ample natural resources to harness renewable energy. So why is the region so dependent on fossil fuels? Erline Andrews investigates
