Nasio Fontaine: hear his cry By David Katz | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Dominican musician Nasio Fontaine proclaims the righteous message of reggae on his album Universal Cry
Caribbean Bookshelf (September/October 2006) By Various Contributors | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Elizabeth Nunez’s novel Prospero’s Daughter and a glimpse at the Caribbean’s most glamorous homes
Rhythm roundup (September/October 2006) By Simon Lee | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) New albums celebrate Jamaican mento and the Dominican Republic’s bachata and merengue, plus the latest from Honest Jon and Mystic Revelation
Music buzz (September/October 2006) By Various Contributors | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Matisyahu proves Jewish reggae is no gimmick; the Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan and Jazz Festival turns four
Words from underground By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Trinidad’s open-mike performance circuit thrives outside the limelight
Art buzz (September/October 2006) By Various Contributors | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Galvanise stages a major intervention in the Trinidad art scene • Barbara Jardine’s precious masterpieces are sculptures as much as jewels
High (flying) style By Tracy Assing | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Makin’ Style searches for the Caribbean’s best new fashion design talent
Abaco’s equine heroes By Sabrina Vailloo | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) One woman’s quest to protect the wild horses of Abaco
Island hopper (September/October 2006) By Caribbean Beat | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) What’s happening in the Caribbean in September and October 2006
Edward Baugh: “Hey, you might be a poet” By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Jamaican poet and scholar Edward Baugh on his literary double life — as told to Lisa Allen-Agostini
Great beyond: Guyana’s Rupununi By Nicholas Laughlin | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Guyana’s remote Rupununi savannah is still all but unknown to outsiders
Carifesta IX: celebrating ourselves By Attillah Springer | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) In late September, Trinidad and Tobago will host the ninth Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture, Carifesta IX
On the money By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago’s Money Museum, partly designed by the late Illya Furlonge-Walker, does more than display coins and banknotes
Faster, higher, deeper: eco adventure in the Caribbean By Various Contributors | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) More and more visitors come to the Caribbean not just for our beaches and our festivals, but for physical adventure
A short history of World Cup Cricket By James Fuller | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup in the West Indies will be the ninth staging of this major sporting event
Reggae pioneer: Desmond Dekker By Garry Steckles | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Garry Steckles remembers the late Desmond Dekker, the man who introduced Jamaican music to an international audience
Cry fowl By Various Contributors | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) What is it about Trinis and fried chicken?
Hell or Havana? By James Ferguson | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Don’t read Pedro Juan Gutiérrez’s novel Dirty Havana Trilogy as a work of social realism, says James Ferguson
Good and bad By Garry Steckles | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Garry Steckles finds reason to celebrate in St Kitts, reason to mourn in the London High Court
Holy macaroni pie By Caroline Taylor | Issue 81 (September/October 2006) Caroline Taylor gets homesick for her Tantie’s macaroni pie. So she tries to cook it herself. Trouble now start
