Rhythm roundup (September/October 2006)
Dip and Fall Back: Dr Kinsey to Haile Selassie: Classic Jamaican Mento Various artists (Trojan) The British label Trojan, long known to reggae cognoscenti, has [...]
View ArticleBruce Poon Tip: capitalist with a conscience
Like Mary Poppins, Bruce Poon Tip is practically perfect. That’s certainly the impression you get, talking to the people who surround him. Perfect husband, perfect [...]
View ArticleCaribbean Bookshelf (September/October 2006)
MACO Caribbean Homes ed. Kathy-Ann Waterman (Toute Bagai Publishing, ISBN 976-8194-64-2, 188 pp) A maco (or mako, macco, or macko) is someone who is always [...]
View ArticleEdwidge Danticat: finding her way home
I have never met Edwidge Danticat in person. Until I interviewed her a few months ago, any knowledge I had of her came from her [...]
View ArticlePatrick Parson: soulful messiah of Ballet Creole
Fusion. Diversity. High-energy. These are the words one encounters, over and over, in articles written about Patrick Parson and his history-making Ballet Creole. “History-making” because, [...]
View ArticleThe view from Simla
In the high forest of Trinidad’s Northern Range at Guanapo sits a house which has changed little since it was built many decades ago. Its [...]
View ArticleFire and ice
It was diabolically cold, that day in March when I took the ferry from downtown Toronto across to Ward’s Island. The wind would have been [...]
View ArticleArt buzz (March/April 2006)
The uses of colour Artist Dennis de Caires’s current passion is yams. He is also passionate about everyday things like mangoes, flowers, a cup, jug, [...]
View ArticleHappenings (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 has been chosen [...]
View ArticleCD reviews (January/February 2008)
TRINI GOLD Soca, Calypso, Rapso & More – The Best of Trinidad Music of the Past 15 Years! Rituals Music The cover of Trini Gold [...]
View ArticleCaribbean Bookshelf (January/February 2007)
Horizons: The Life and Times of Edric Connor, 1913–1968: An Autobiography, with a foreword by George Lamming, and an introduction by Bridget Brereton and Gordon [...]
View ArticleHot hot pot
Consider casareep, the cassava-based Guyanese flavouring that looks like an oil spill and smells like burned sugar. Casareep itself is not duplicitous. If anything, its [...]
View ArticleHappenings (July/August 2009)
Rescuing Aruba’s reefs Mirissa De Four The first weekend in July usually signals the beginning of school vacation, beach visits and fun in the sun. [...]
View ArticleBuljol, business and books
It started over a plateful of roast bake and buljol and evolved into a business relationship and friendship, which still includes a standing order for [...]
View ArticleBoy days: Patrick Chamoiseau
When I first started this column several years ago, I intended to devote one of the first pieces to Patrick Chamoiseau, the novelist (and social [...]
View ArticleRoger Mooking: his middle name is Multi-tasking
Roger Mooking’s face lights up when he talks about eggs. “Eggs are magic food,” he exclaims. “You can do so much with an egg. It’s [...]
View ArticleHappenings (July/August 2008)
Carnival in the air “Carnival in the air, pretty girls everywhere…” go the lyrics of a song by Trinidadian soca artiste Patrice Roberts, from Carnival [...]
View ArticleEco buzz (May/June 2007)
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE Trinidad’s Northern Range stretches from Galera Point in the north-east to the Dragon’s Mouth in the north-west. Home to Trinidad’s best [...]
View ArticleRhythm roundup (March/April 2006)
Unusual suspects Reggae Roadblock – Various artists (Caribbean Music Group) With all due respect to Bunji Garlin, Maximus Dan, and Machel Montano, the current driving [...]
View ArticleRBC & RBTT: Bank on a bigger future
“It’s been a wonderful journey, and I’m a better banker now, as a result of the experiences of the last year,” says Suresh Sookoo, CEO [...]
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