Running commentary | Last word
Kellie Magnus used to run with headphones on. Back in Jamaica, she discovers a whole new soundtrack
Issue 78 (March/April 2006)
We visit Grenada a year and a half after Hurricane Ivan, and find the island thriving; meet Vincentian surgeon Dr Cecil Cyrus and tour his idiosyncratic museum; learn about three Unsung Heroes honoured by FirstCaribbean International Bank; plus all our regular departments and a whole lot more.
Cuba: Yanqui doodle dandy
What could a 135-year-old visitor’s guide to Cuba possibly offer to today’s readers? A fascinating glimpse into the island’s social history
Go with the flow: 12 the band
12 the band, fronted by singer-songwriter Sheldon Holder, introduces “eclectic soul” to Trinidad
Caribbean bookshelf (March/April 2006)
New novels by Caryl Phillips and Shani Mootoo, Olive Senior’s poems, Rex Nettleford’s speeches, and a Montserrat album
Marlon James: “I went for the flying women and upside-down cows”
Jamaican novelist Marlon James on inspiration, rejection, and success
Rhythm roundup (March/April 2006)
The best new Trinidadian reggae, the latest from Mungal Patasar and Pantar, and the cast album of Derek Walcott’s Steel
Art buzz (March/April 2006)
Guyana-born Dennis de Caires develops a metaphysics of colour in his “St George’s Paintings” • Tamara Sanowar-Makhan explores her Trinidadian roots...
The accidental festival
How do you stage a film festival on an island with no cinema? The founders of the St Barth Festival of Caribbean Cinema had to get creative...
Island hopper (March/April 2006)
What’s happening in the Caribbean in March and April, and where — from sailing to music to cricket to turtle-watching
Etienne Charles: “Next thing you know, a trumpet arrives in the mail”
Etienne Charles, up-and-coming 22-year-old Trinidadian trumpeter, on his inspirations and ambitions, and his preference for working with older greats
Something’s fishy
The Caribbean is famous for its seafood. But Anu Lakhan is unimpressed. She makes her case against Neptune’s bounty ... plus much more
Tempo: Gimme more Caribbean
Garry Steckles wonders where’s the Caribbean culture the new TV channel Tempo is supposed to showcase — and offers some suggestions to Tempo programme
Quiet heroes
Gloria Edwards spent decades teaching Belizean youngsters to express themselves through the arts. Mavis Williams raised 25 adoptive Caymanian children
At the Cyrus museum
Over his 39-year career, Dr Cecil Cyrus has earned himself the gratitude of hundreds of patients, and the title “isolated Surgeon of St Vincent”
Hurricane Harold helps out
When Trinidadian-Canadian Harold Hosein visited Cuba in 2002, he noticed how many people were riding 50-year-old bicycles...
Back to Grenada
In September 2004, Hurricane Ivan battered several Caribbean islands; nowhere was the damage more severe than in Grenada...
