Our top articles of 2023
Here are the top 10 Caribbean Beat articles — many from deep in our archives — for 2023
Homepage Slider, Festivals and Events
29 February, 2024
Essential info about what’s happening across the region in March and April
Homepage Slider, Festivals and Events, Trinidad and Tobago
29 February, 2024
Tobago’s unique Easter goat and crab racing in Buccoo is one for your bucket list. Aisha Sylvester tells us why
29 February, 2024
Tree-planting, reforestation, and ensuring the integrity of our waterways are all critical to preserving mangroves — the remarkable forests with the power to protect us from the worst effects of climate change. Erline Andrews learns more
Homepage Slider, Travel, Festivals and Events, Food and Cuisine, People, Martinique, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago
29 February, 2024
Five regional travel influencers (Cindy Allman, Samantha Gittens, Shea Powell, Stephen Bennett, and Francesca Murray) share their favourite things about Easter time across the Caribbean — as told to Shelly-Ann Inniss
By Caroline Taylor ● News & Online Exclusives
Here are the top 10 Caribbean Beat articles — many from deep in our archives — for 2023
By Caroline Taylor and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)
On view: Garden of Humanity (Miami) and The Plural of He (New York)
By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)
This month’s listening picks from the Caribbean — featuring reviews by Nigel Campbell of new music by Reginald Cyntje; DaWchY; Micwise; and Stephen Marley
By Shivanee Ramlochan ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews by Shivanee Ramlochan of We Are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull; Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant; Elektrik: Caribbean Writing; and Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell
By Donna Yawching ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)
Donna Yawching on the Festival de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba
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I thought steeping myself in dancehall hits since high school would have better prepared me for studying in Jamaica. I used to chant over hills and valleys right along with ...
Read More →Cool, couture and charity Laura Dowrich-Phillips Caribbean Fashion Week (CFW) has become the most anticipated fashion event in the region. Designers, known and upcoming; models aspiring to international fame; and ...
Read More →Irvince Auguiste, architect of the Touna Auté project, invites me into his kitchen, where his wife Louisette greets me with a big smile and a glass of freshly squeezed tangerine ...
Read More →Like much of the world, last year Antigua contracted Obama fever – banners, T-shirts, a lyrical tribute by calypso legend King Short Shirt, election night parties, even a Barack food ...
Read More →Over 15 years ago, St George’s University (SGU) in Grenada set up the Windward Islands Research & Education Foundation (Windref) as a natural outgrowth of SGU’s mission, and established programmes ...
Read More →The Caribbean is renowned for its stunning birdlife, and many people visit the region either on specialist birdwatching tours or simply enjoy the beautiful avifauna whilst on vacation. But whether ...
Read More →In 1929, in the unlikely setting of Nelson, a smoky Lancashire mill community, the high-octane Trinidadian cricketer took his chance to become the town cricket club’s professional, and in the ...
Read More →On December 26, 2008, boxer Jizelle “Magic” Salandy sealed her status as one of the Caribbean’s top sports champions when she defeated Yahaira Hernandez of the Dominican Republic to retain ...
Read More →He may be a multi-millionaire hip hop star, but soaring high on the international popularity scale has not made Wyclef Jean forget his humble beginnings and his Caribbean roots. The ...
Read More →In the long lineage of English nobility, to be a duke is to hold the highest hereditary title. Calypsonian the Mighty Duke, who died on January 14, as the 2009 ...
Read More →There are two reasons you end up in another country: work or love. So it was love – I married a Trinidadian. I came here in the late 60s with ...
Read More →Preston Bailey’s story reads almost like a fairytale – it is a genuine rags-to-riches saga. “I came from a very poor background,” this Panamanian native declares frankly; and if he ...
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