Willemstad, Curaçao | Wish you were here

By 

Postcards from the Caribbean’s most extraordinary places

Photo by Sorin Colac/Alamy Stock Photo

Michele Henderson: “I woke up with an entire song in my head”

By 

Singer-songwriter Michele Henderson, performing at October’s World Creole Music Festival, on her musical childhood and her transition to the international stage — as told to Paul Crask, at her home in Grand Bay, Dominica

Singer-songwriter Michele Henderson. Photo by Paul Crask

Guyana by the score | Destination

By 

Guyana, on an island scale, is vast: 83,000 square miles of Atlantic coast, mighty rivers, savannahs and forests stretching to the horizon. It can be overwhelming for a first-time visitor — so we’ll help you narrow it down. Here are twenty key places, events, and things that capture the true spirit of “the land of many waters”

The Rupununi River is a wild playground at the heart of Guyana. Photo by Pete Oxford

Jaws of life | Green

By 

Pop culture has given sharks an undeservedly scary reputation. What’s truly frightening, reports Erline Andrews, is a sea without sharks, vital for a healthy marine ecosystem. And after decades of neglect, the countries of the Caribbean are finally waking up to the importance of shark conservation — for the environment, but also for their economies

Photo by Fiona Ayerst/Shutterstock.com
Photo by Sorin Colac/Alamy Stock Photo
Singer-songwriter Michele Henderson. Photo by Paul Crask
The Rupununi River is a wild playground at the heart of Guyana. Photo by Pete Oxford
Photo by Fiona Ayerst/Shutterstock.com
arrive

South Coast, Barbados | Neighbourhood

The sheltered south coast of Barbados is a visitors’ playground — but alongside crowded beaches and lively nightlife, you’ll find lots of history and touches of nature, too

arrive Photo by Lu Lin/Shutterstock.com
embark immerse

Remembering Windrush

When the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury in 1948, its West Indian passengers didn’t know their arrival would become a historical watershed. A new exhibition at the British Library explains how the Windrush generation changed Britain for good

immerse The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury with 1,027 passengers — more than eight hundred of them West Indian immigrants, considered UK citizens under the British Nationality Act. Contraband Collection/Alamy Stock Photo
engage

A plague from above | On this day

It’s not just a story from the Bible: thirty years ago, thanks to unprecedented weather conditions, a massive swarm of locusts crossed the Atlantic and ended up in the Caribbean. James Ferguson investigates how, and what became of them

engage Illustration by Rohan Mitchell

Most Recent

Copyright © 2018 Caribbean Beat. All Rights Reserved.