Stuart Hall: “Culture is always a translation” By Annie Paul | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Jamaica-born, London-based cultural studies scholar Stuart Hall on his Jamaican background, Caribbean culture, and the conference held in his honour
Creatures of the mas By Dylan Kerrigan | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) The January/February 2004 issue of Caribbean Beat paid tribute to the major designers of the “pretty mas” era of Trinidad Carnival. A year later, Dylan Kerrigan pays tribute to the creatures of the mas
Indian Carnival cousins By Michael Goodwin | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) It’s common knowledge that wild Indians have been a part of Trinidad Carnival for more than a hundred years, but what not many Trinis know is that New Orleans' Mardis Gras Indians are close cousins
Trinidad from A to Z By Various Contributors | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Maybe you’re NOT in Trinidad for Carnival. If you can resist the music, the masquerade, and the mayhem, maybe you can be enticed to run through our A to Z...
Grenada: After the storm By Pat Ganase | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Hurricane Ivan tore through the Caribbean in September 2004. Its first and hardest hit target was Grenada. But just four months later, the recovery is well underway
If it feels good, eat it By Various Contributors | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Why does the world believe tasty things must be bad for you? Anu Lakhan analyses the concept of guilty pleasure • Plus a guide to eating on the street
The end of innocence By James Ferguson | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) James Ferguson on The Humming-Bird Tree, Ian McDonald’s novel about growing up in pre-Independence Trinidad
“Those little pals of mine” By Garry Steckles | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Garry Steckles goes back to the birth of calypso cricket and explains why Lord Beginner’s Victory Test Match means so much to him — and thousands of other West Indies cricket fans
The journey now start By Richard Costas | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Richard Costas reports on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, or CSME, which could bring about the most important economic and social changes in the Caribbean's economic history
Harry plays mas By Caribbean Beat | Issue 71 (January/February 2005) Harry prepares for his first Carnival
