Voyager among gods
Eighty years ago, on 14 April, 1936, a forty-five-year-old African-American woman arrived by boat from New York City in Kingston, Jamaica....
Caribbean Datebook (January/February 2016)
Don’t miss . . . Bacchanal time Across the Caribbean, February brings annual Carnival celebrations combining music, dancing, and...
Dominica: morning has broken
My home is in a small village called Giraudel, on the western slopes of the Morne Anglais volcano in the southern half of Dominica. It’s...
Songs of the drum: Caribbean music
Heading to Dominica’s inaugural World Creole Music Festival in 1997, I was anticipating a reunion with zouk superstars Kassav, live...
Cayenne, French Guiana
Streetscape Located at the mouth of the Cayenne River, the city’s modern suburbs now sprawl onto the mainland, but its historic centre is...
Caribbean Bookshelf (May/June 2001)
Pick of the Month The Coyaba Chronicles: Reflections on the Black Experience in the 20th Century Peter Abrahams (Ian Randle Publisher/David...
Take me to Jamaica
If Jamaica were a drink, it would be one of those heady, multi-ingredient cocktails, with notes of both sweet and bitter, pungent, yet...
Travels with islands
The Caribbean has long had its own version of the Grand Tour, the round-Europe cultural trip that was almost obligatory for young...
