Issue 71 (January/February 2005)
Dylan Kerrigan looks back to Carnival’s roots in the 18th and 19th centuries with its traditional characters; Michael Goodwin looks at “Indian Mas” in Trinidad and New Orleans; Tracy Assing and Sonja Sinaswee give you the A to Z of Trinidad & Tobago; Pat Ganase on Grenada’s commitment to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Ivan; Annie Paul chats with renowned cultural studies scholar, Stuart Hall; James Ferguson on Ian McDonald’s classic novel, “The Hummingbird Tree”; Garry Steckles goes back to the birth of calypso cricket and pays tribute to Lord Beginner’s classic “Victory Test Match”; Richard Costas reports on the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME); Buzz from around the islands; Caribbean Cookup; and more!