Heavenly reading
Trinidadian writer Niala Maharaj’s debut novel Like Heaven aims for the stratosphere
Issue 80 (July/August 2006)
Visit the island with a split personality, Dutch/French Sint Maarten/Saint-Martin; meet the celebrated Jamaican writer Olive Senior; get a sneak preview of the new cricket grounds being built for the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007; and hear the story of Barbadian Crop Over bandleader Betty West in her own words; plus all our regular departments and a whole lot more.
Caribbean bookshelf (July/August 2006)
An authoritative new edition of Martin Carter’s poems, Elizabeth Nunez’s Prospero’s Daughter, plus a roundup of other new Caribbean books
Peepal Tree Press spreads its branches
The world’s leading publisher of Caribbean literature makes its home in chilly Leeds
Dominique Le Gendre: musical tales
Trinidadian composer Dominique Le Gendre’s chamber suite Tales of the Islands comes home
Gallery roundup (July/August 2006)
A roundup of exciting exhibitions at museums and galleries from Guyana to Jamaica to New York
Island hopper (July/August 2006)
What’s happening in the Caribbean in July and August — a host of Carnivals, a strong dose of reggae, plus Emancipation Day celebrations
Betty West: “When they look tired I say, ‘Look at me!’”
Barbados Crop Over bandleader and designer Betty West on the importance of understanding history and preserving culture
Olive Senior: speaking back to home
Jamaican Olive Senior is one of the most celebrated and beloved Caribbean writers working today. Martin Mordecai profiles the “country girl”
Double your pleasure: Sint Maarten or Saint-Martin
Two islands in one? Sint Maarten or Saint-Martin, part Dutch, part French, is two nations, two cultures, two experiences
Up next in Jamaican music
Kellie Magnus asks some of the biggest movers and shakers on the Jamaican music scene to name the up-and-comers most likely to take the world by storm
Unlonely Londoners
The postwar wave of migration from the West Indies to the United Kingdom that started with the Empire Windrush changed the face of London
Building excitement: hosting the ICC Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean
In 2007 the West Indies will host the ICC Cricket World Cup. James Fuller looks at how the host territories are preparing
Toffee experiment & more
Anu Lakhan embarks on the Great Experiment: to recreate, or at least approximate, the perfect toffee, plus more
Boy days: Patrick Chamoiseau
Is Patrick Chamoiseau’s Childhood a “minor” work? Maybe, says James Ferguson
Splashback: the return of Reggae Sunsplash
In 2006, Jamaica’s famous Reggae Sunsplash music festival returns after an absence of nine years. Garry Steckles, for one, is thrilled
Start small, think big
How can individual investors with limited resources get into the stock market? James Fuller discovers Caribbean financial firms ready to help
Rammer jammers | Last word
A gang of Kingston bandits choose the wrong trio of young women to mess with: Nazma Muller and her friends
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