Quixote With a Cutlass: Re-examining Christopher Columbus
Blinking in the early morning sunlight, the High Admiral of the Ocean Sea splashes ashore and surveys the New World he has found. It is a...
The People Before Columbus
Kim Johnson goes in search of the people who lived in the Caribbean before Columbus’ caravels sailed over the eastern horizon
Bookshelf (Winter 1994)
A Way In The World V. S. Naipaul (Knopf/Heinemann, 1994) The American edition of Naipaul’s latest book calls it a...
Island Beat (January/February 1996)
BARBADOS AIMS FOR A NATIONAL GALLERY A major new art gallery opens in Barbados this year, and could become the centre of a national art...
Skywatching in Tobago
You can drive around Tobago in a day. You can fly there in the morning – the first flight from Trinidad puts you on the ground before...
Guyana on the Go
President Janet Jagan and Opposition leader Desmond Hoyte shook hands in St Lucia on July 1. The El Niño drought ended in April. Guyana is...
Christo Adonis: 21st Century Carib
The forest-hardened arms of this man gently cradle the head of his granddaughter as they swing in a hammock under an open shed. Kada is two...
Our Homes, Our Castles
One of the most visible expressions of the diverse and complex culture and history of the Caribbean is its architecture. In the 1980s...
