Topic Tag: Merikins

Embark, Food and Cuisine, Trinidad and Tobago

Resurrection rice | Cookup

Brought to Trinidad from West Africa via the United States, Moruga hill rice was a staple of the Merikin community for generations, writes Franka Philip. Now entrepreneur Mark Forgenie wants to make this traditional food available to all

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Embark, Food and Cuisine, United States, Trinidad and Tobago

Chef Ben ‘BJ’ Dennis: “That right there, that’s Africa” | Cookup

When US chef Ben Dennis arrived in Tobago, he was astonished to find traditional recipes that recall those of his Gullah ancestors. He talks history and heritage with Franka Philip

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Engage, History, Trinidad and Tobago

Defenders of the faith | On this day

In 1917, eighty-three years after its abolition, the spectre of slavery still haunted colonial Trinidad and Tobago. The descendants of...

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Immerse, Community, History, People, Trinidad and Tobago

The Merikins: heroes of the forgotten war

The company villages perch atop the ridges of low hills in southern Trinidad — too low to offer panoramic views, but high enough to keep...

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