“To remind you of life” | On Caribbean resilience
A note to our readers from editor Nicholas Laughlin, as we present our first specially curated online-only edition of Caribbean Beat
Special issue
A note to our readers from editor Nicholas Laughlin, as we present our first specially curated online-only edition of Caribbean Beat
Delving with equal insight into pleasure and sorrow, Robinson argues that “earthly joy is, or ought to be, just within, but is often just beyond our reach.”
By Shereen Ali
Working across mediums, Guadeloupean artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary creates images with a fairytale quality, mingling cruelty and enchantment, as she explores postcolonial dilemmas and the resistance of self-invention, writes Shereen Ann Ali
Thousands of men from the British West Indies enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War, playing a crucial but often thankless role in the Allied victory. And when the fighting was over, another struggle for respect and recognition began — feeding a new wave of self-determination in the Caribbean. James Ferguson remembers the events of a century ago that set it all in motion
By Judy Raymond
By Simon Lee
By Pam Mordecai
By Kim Johnson