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Our top articles of 2023

Here are the top 10 Caribbean Beat articles — many from deep in our archives — for 2023

The Cedar Men (cedar, 6ft), Garden of Humanity at Art of Transformation: AFRICA GLOBAL. Photo courtesy Ten North Group

By Caroline Taylor and Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)

Art buzz (Mar/Apr 2024)

On view: Garden of Humanity (Miami) and The Plural of He (New York)

By Nigel Campbell ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)

Music buzz | Reviews (Mar/Apr 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)

Book buzz | Reviews (Mar/Apr 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

Musicians playing in Casa de la Trova, Santiago de Cuba. Photo by FotosDCuba/Alamy Stock Photo

By Donna Yawching ● Issue 181 (March/April 2024)

Where the són always shines | Word of mouth

Donna Yawching on the Festival de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba

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Queen’s Park Oval. Photograph by Robert Taylor

By Vaneisa Baksh

Beyond a boundary

It was over in just a few minutes. Forms filled, photograph taken, cheque and receipt written while a clever machine whirred out the member’s card. The speed made it an ...

By Laura Dowrich-Phillips

The buzz (November/December 2007)

Tobago’s waters will be in for some extra traffic this November, as divers from all over the United States congregate on the island for the National Association of Black Divers’ ...

Conch Blower: The soulful wail of the conch is one of the sounds of the annual TCI Conch Festival. Photograph courtesy TCI Conch Festival/Debbie Mohnssen

By Caribbean Beat

Island hopper (November/December 2007)

Film festivals, Carnival, and folks dressed as pirates…it must be Christmas in the Caribbean. November begins with Catholic families throughout the region paying homage to the departed. On the feasts ...

By Various Contributors

Music buzz (November/December 2007)

Righteous Riddums Online music download sites are being promoted as the newest weapon in the Caribbean musician’s fight against music piracy. While you can access the work of international musicians ...

Anthony Winkler. Photograph courtesy Anthony Winkler

By Various Contributors

Caribbean Bookshelf (November/December 2007)

The White Witch of Rosehall Herbert G de Lisser (Macmillan Caribbean, ISBN 978-1-4050-8592-2, 272pp) The republication of The White Witch of Rosehall, a classic Jamaican ghost story first published in ...

By James Fuller

Sir Viv and Mr Lillee ride again

Developed by Barbadian information technology professional James Corbin, Eezee Kricket is being marketed as a teaching-learning game which captures all the nuances of cricket. Its stated aim is to stimulate ...

Monica Cooper, filmmaker, casting director and producer. Photograph courtesy Monica Cooper

By Laura Dowrich-Phillips

Sunscreen and movie screens

For Monica Cooper, the idea of staging a film festival in the Caribbean was the perfect excuse to combine play with work. A filmmaker, casting director and producer who has ...

Artist Nick Whittle. Photograph by Martin Carnegie

By Robert Edison Sandiford

Nick Whittle: “There was the sea”

From age 11 to 18, I attended what was a unique school, Moseley School of Art, in Birmingham. It was what you call a feeder school for the art colleges, ...

Stephen Ames. Photograph by Robert Taylor

By Marlon Miller

Stephen Ames: big men and a little white ball

Professional golfer Stephen Ames is nothing if not resilient. He’s had to overcome sub-standard facilities, limited financial resources, a humourless immigration officer, the ill-health of a loved one, a bad ...

Aerial view of Teeth of the Dog. Photograph courtesy Casa De Campo

By Andrew Marshall

Tee time: Caribbean golf courses

During the last ten years, golf courses have been popping up all across the Caribbean, growing faster than the islands’ tropical vegetation, banana trees and sugarcane fields. From Barbados to ...

By Emily Zobel Marshall

Tracking Anansi

“The Cunha Cunha pass? Man, you crazy if you think you can walk the Cunha Cunha pass today!” warned my landlady, as the skies glowered and the rain began to ...

NDTC dancers in Rex Nettleford’s Ancestral Dance-work. Photograph courtesy Maria Layacona

By Rex Nettleford

The Jamaica’s National Dance Theatre Company: renewal and resistance

Jamaica’s National Dance Theatre Company, which is nationally respected and internationally acclaimed, understands the challenge of renewal and continuity. One of the major features of performing groups, including the great ...

Event buzz (Mar/Apr 2024)

Running with the goats (and crabs) in Tobago | Word of mouth

Saving Caribbean mangroves | Green

Easter time in the islands | Round trip