Issue 72 (March/April 2005)
Rupert Roopnaraine talks to artist Stanley Greaves; Tracy Assing takes a look at the Trinidad rock scene; Philip Sander takes the Marley Tour in Jamaica; Mark Lyndersay pays tribute to legendary cartoonist, Dunstan E. Williams (DEW); Philip Nanton talks to Barbados Museum Director Alissandra Cummins about Caribbean curating; Richard Costas on the Caribbean financial sector; Buzz from around the islands; Caribbean Cookup; and more!
The Lovelace Project: Joebell and America
The film Joebell and America shows off the talents of Trinidadian writer Earl Lovelace and his talented offspring
Movers & Shakers (March/April 2005)
Jah Melody aims for Mount Zion; Rochelle Watson breaks into Vogue; Robert "Zi" Taylor plays it as he likes it; Yvonne Weekes tells a volcano story; Dwayne Bravo bats with the world's best; Asha Kamachee makes Vishonary Sounz
Book Buzz (March/April 2005)
The Prodigal shows Derek Walcott at the height of his poetic powers; Lorna Goodison's stories in Fool-Fool Rose is Leaving Labour-in-Vain Savannah know the truth about love and life; Duty struggles with freedom in Lakshmi Persaud's new novel, Raise the Lanterns High
Music Buzz (March/April 2005)
Bethova Obas and Emiline Michel celebrate their creole roots; Best of Trinidad presents calypso curiosities and rarities; Levi Mayers talks about the legacy of his father, the late "Nappy" Mayers, and his remake of Old Time Days; Dirty Jim's, the Movie recreates 1950s calypso club; Plus a roundup of new albums in the Caribbean
Sports Buzz (March/ April 2005)
The Cotton Tree Foundation enlists celebrity golfers for a good cause, and South Africa's best arrive to challenge the Windies cricket team
Art Beat (March/ April 2005)
Trinidadian artist Shastri Maharaj paints unsettling, unexpected landscapes
Youth Buzz (March/April 2005)
The Caribbean Examinations Council celebrates some of the region's brightest youngsters; with a short story by Liana Baboolal
Don’t monkey with me
What could be more idyllic than a backyard banana plantation? Roxan Kinas enjoyed being a fruit farmer. Then the monkeys arrived
Alissandra Cummins: “My aim is to question what ‘history’ is”
Barbados Museum director Alissandra Cummins on the cultural responsibilities of Caribbean curators — as told to Philip Nanton
A gentle DEW: remembering Dunstan Williams
Cartoonist Dunstan E. Williams, better known as DEW, died last December. Mark Lyndersay remembers the man who entertained generations of Trinidadians
Where Bob Marley might have gone
Garry Steckles wonders how Bob Marley’s music would have evolved had he lived to see his 60th birthday
Banking on change
The growth of indigenous Caribbean banks into true multinationals has led to major changes in the regional financial sector in recent years.
Her innard self
Talk about getting down to the guts of things. Anu Lakhan tries her hand at sausage-making • Plus Carline Gumbs on the delights of an old wife, Rajend
Master maker: Stanley Greaves
Painter, sculptor, Guyana Prize–winning poet, musician — Stanley Greaves has spent his 50-year career mastering one medium after another...
Keep on rocking
For a brief, exciting period in the mid 1990s, Trinidad’s indigenous rock music scene looked like it might achieve the kind of critical mass that could change the sound of the calypso island for good. But the revolution hasn't quite happened - yet
