Klein Curaçao | Wish you were here (Mar/Apr 2020)
Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places
Issue 162 (March/April 2020)
Need to know | Events calendar (Mar/Apr 2020)
Essential info to help you make the most of March and April across the Caribbean — from a film festival in
St Vincent to Carnival in Jamaica
Bookshelf (Mar/Apr 2020) | Book reviews
This month’s reading picks, with reviews of Everything Inside; Sun of Consciousness; Nomad; A–Z of Caribbean Art; and Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation
Playlist (Mar/Apr 2020) | Music reviews
This month’s listening picks, with reviews of the latest by Yasser Tejeda & Palotré; Kalpee; Pressure Busspipe; and Grégory Privat
Q&A with Carlos Lechuga | Screenshots
Cuban filmmaker Carlos Lechuga talks about his hard-hitting, sepia-hued short Generation
Nina Compton: “I’m going to do something different” | Cookup
Chef Nina Compton discovered her passion for cooking as a teenager in St Lucia. After winning fame on the TV show Top Chef, she’s now turning heads with two restaurants in her adopted city, New Orleans
All that jazz | Closeup
Musically, Trinidad and Tobago are best known for calypso and soca, but a thriving jazz scene proves there’s an avid audience for other genres. Nigel A. Campbell profiles Charmaine Forde, Vaughnette Bigford, and LeAndra — three jazz vocalists of different generations whose separate stories make a bigger narrative about paths to musical success
The rightest place | Portfolio
“Art has to transform,” says Blue Curry. The London-based Bahamian artist puts unlikely objects into new contexts, writes Andre Bagoo — and sometimes out of place is where things belong
Anderson Peters: as far as it goes | Snapshot
When Grenadian Anderson Peters won javelin gold at the 2019 World Championships, it took observers by surprise. This was no overnight success, says Sheldon Waithe — but the product of steady hard work and staunch confidence. Now the young athlete is preparing for his biggest challenge yet at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Guyana: so near, so far | Destination
There are parts of the Guyanese interior — in the heart of the vast Rupununi Savannah, or deep in the Iwokrama rainforest — that feel thrillingly remote. But daily air links make these wild adventures surprisingly accessible, says Nixon Nelson. And don’t forget the charms of Guyana’s capital, Georgetown
Phagwah: Rite of Spring | Album
Celebrated in Trinidad since the nineteenth century, Holi — also known as Phagwah — is the Hindu spring festival, and a time to enjoy the company of friends and neighbours. At the 2019 celebrations in Aranguez, photographer Ziad Joseph captured the joyful free-for-all of colour
Bathsheba, Barbados | Bucket list
World-class surfing and dramatic scenery are in ample supply on the island’s rugged Atlantic coast
Nature’s Bread | Green
It’s delicious, nutritious, and popular across the Caribbean. Even so, breadfruit — brought to the region from the Pacific more than two centuries ago — is still underappreciated for its potential role in increasing regional food security, and helping to green our cities. Erline Andrews learns more
Be fruitful and multiply | On this day
March brings the 180th birthday of the man who singlehandedly created the Caribbean banana industry. James Ferguson looks back at the life and times of Lorenzo Dow Baker, Yankee entrepreneur
Easter in the islands | Did you even know
Our trivia column tests your knowledge of Caribbean Easter traditions. See how many of our questions you can answer correctly
