Marlene NourbeSe Philip: “Paradise comes with a price”
I was born (in 1947) in Tobago, in Woodlands, Moriah, and went to school there until I was eight. Then my dad moved us to Trinidad. He was...
Riding the new wave of Caribbean cinema
There was a time when it seemed the Caribbean might be the next big thing in world cinema. In 1970, the first indigenous feature film in...
Happenings (November/December 2009)
Montserrat marks its words Joanne C Hillhouse Alliouagana, the Amerindian name for Montserrat, is poised to be its latest lure. The name...
Konris Maynard: King of St Kitts
Apologies in advance to Trinidadian readers for what I’m about to write—and please accept my assurances that there’s nothing personal...
Book reviews (September/October 2008)
In the house of the spirits In 1956 Frances Henry, a young white American student, arrived in Trinidad to research the Orisha faith, and...
Golden Hands: Trinidad’s band of gold
Trinidad and Tobago’s steelbands focus each year on Panorama, the national steelband competition. But some bands are more adventurous....
Book reviews (May/June 2008)
An enchanted garden It is perhaps too obvious to mention journeys in connection with Caribbean experience, but a series of paintings by the...
Run, Ernest, Run
Ernest Kimeli and Jemima Sumgong of Kenya set new male and female course records last year when they completed the 13.1-mile International...
