Issue 35 (January/February 1999)
Earl Lovelace, recipient of the 1997 Commonwealth Writer’s prize is profiled in this issue of Caribbean Beat, along with a group of unlikely Trinidadian entertainers in 1920s New York. After a glimpse of the beauty Mark Meredith discovers when he visits the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Caribbean – in Dominica, learn how to fete in this guide to Trinidad and Tobago carnival.
James Ferguson explains why C.L.R James’ Beyond A Boundary is the definitive work on cricket and society
Heavy Metal
Michael Whittaker finds the secrets of Barbados past lodged in centuries-old cannon
Fields of Dreams
Georgia Popplewell looks at the playing grounds where the West Indies will meet Australia for this season’s Test series
Mahadeo Jerrybandhan: Power Lines
Mark Meredith meets Mahadeo Jerrybandhan, peerless palmist of Trinidad
Trinidad’s Earl Lovelace: Watching the Landscape of this Island
Kenneth Ramchand reviews the work of Trinidadian author Earl Lovelace, winner of the 1997 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize