Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago | Wish you were here (Jan/Feb 2019)
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Issue 155 (January/February 2019)
Embark
Need to know | Events calendar (Jan/Feb 2019)
Essential info to help you make the most of January and February across the Caribbean — from jazz in Haiti to reggae month in Jamaica to a film festival in Barbados
Bookshelf (Jan/Feb 2019) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks, with reviews of High Mas: Carnival and the Poetics of Caribbean Culture; Giant; Black Dogs and the Colour Yellow; A View of the Empire at Sunset; and Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean
Playlist (Jan/Feb 2019) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Keba; 5OH8 + KVL; and Tebby
Q&A with Ian Harnarine | Screenshots (Jan/Feb 2019)
Filmmaker Ian Harnarine talks about his new short, Caroni
Coco Loco | Cookup
A longtime traditional ingredient in Caribbean cuisine, coconut is enjoying a new popularity, thanks to health trends. Franka Philip considers the potential for culinary innovations. Coconut flour, anyone? Coconut vinegar?
Immerse
Beauty and the Beast | Panorama
T&T Carnival may be the world’s greatest street party, but among the glamourous bikini bands and shimmering sequins, some traditional masquerades offer a defiant take on the darker side of our history
Dennery Style | Backstory
If you have ears to listen at Carnival time, you’ve heard Dennery Segment, even if you don’t know the name. Laura Dowrich explores the roots of the soca genre originating in a small village in St Lucia
Adam Patterson: barbed beauty | Closeup
For Barbadian artist Adam Patterson, masquerade and performance are mediums for challenging Caribbean stereotypes, writes Shereen Ann Ali
Claire Adam: “I’ve always felt, ask me where I’m from!” | Own words
Claire Adam, Trinidad-born novelist, on learning to observe, the usefulness of honest criticism, and the notion of “home” — as told to Nicholas Laughlin
Arrive
All about blue | Round trip
Is any colour more distinctive of the Caribbean? Take a tour of the region through our many hues and shades of blue
Road Town, Tortola | Neighbourhood
A year and a half after the devastation of Hurricane Irma, the capital of the British Virgin Islands is back in the business of welcoming visitors
Little Tobago | Bucket list
A wildlife sanctuary off Tobago’s northeast coast, this tiny island has an unlikely history — and numerous seabirds
Engage
The plastic wars | Green
Plastic pollution is a growing danger to the environment, to wildlife, and to ourselves. As Jamaica implements the first major plastics ban in the Caribbean, Erline Andrews learns about its possible impact — and pitfalls
Saved by microbes | Discover
Trinidadian microbiologist Adesh Ramsubhag is a pioneer in researching potentially revolutionary uses of the Caribbean’s native microorganisms, writes Raymond Ramcharitar
“Papa Doc” Duvalier: When the bogeyman is real | On this day
Sixty years ago, Haitian dictator “Papa Doc” Duvalier set up a fearsome paramilitary corps to dispatch political opposition. James Ferguson looks back at the sinister history of the Tontons Macoutes
