It begins, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo tells me, as so many stories do: in Belmont. When We Were Birds, her debut novel, sits at the peak of highly-anticipated lists from international publications like the UK Observer, Buzzfeed, The Irish Times, and Good Housekeeping. Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets, calls it “the kind of story …
We open with blackness, the screen pinpricked with scattered dots of flickering starlight, like fireflies glowing in the night. The sounds we hear are of a tropical forest, a nocturnal tapestry of animal cries and calls. Cut to film footage — hissing, warm, slightly worn with age — of an elongated white object shooting up …
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T&T-born Tonya Villafana on her love for science, her work developing a COVID-19 vaccine at AstraZeneca, and keeping grounded in mid-pandemic — as told to Marvin Espinoza I grew up in Trinidad, and it was a wonderful experience to grow up on a Caribbean island in the 1970s and 80s. My love for science began with …
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It’s a thirtieth anniversary edition of our triva quiz! Test your knowledge of some of the vibrant people and places who have appeared on the cover of Caribbean Beat This issue of Caribbean Beat marks our thirtieth anniversary — a good moment to share a special version of our regular trivia quiz, this time testing …
This month’s reading picks from the Caribbean, with reviews of The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini; Easily Fooled by H. Nigel Thomas; Pandemic Poems: First Wave by Olive Senior; and The Gift of Music and Song: Interviews with Jamaican Women Writers by Jacqueline Bishop The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini (Myriad …
Growing up in Pomeroon, Guyana, I always heard how blessed we were, having gold, diamonds, bauxite, timber, and now oil and gas. As we feel the irrefutable effects of the climate crisis — from extreme rainfall and flooding to forest fires after harsh dry spells — responsibly managing these natural resources requires a delicate balancing …
The Soleil Short Film Saturday series and Third Horizon Film Festival partner up to bring you some of the best shorts from the Caribbean diaspora Over the last few months, Soleil Space — a Brooklyn-based media company led by Trinidadian founder and CEO Micha Cooper-Edwards, who last year was featured on Forbes’ Next 1,000 list …
Learn about the best places to see leatherbacks, hawksbills, greens, olive ridleys, and loggerheads across the region — and some of the community organisations working to save them The return of the ancient mariners The Caribbean is among the most important turtle nesting grounds globally — particularly Trinidad, which is the second largest nesting site for …
Essential info about what’s happening across the region to help you make the most of May and June! Don’t miss Celebrating Indian heritage During May and June, three countries — Guyana (5 May), Trinidad & Tobago (30 May), and Suriname (5 June) — commemorate the arrival of the earliest indentured immigrants from India, who migrated …
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This year, Caribbean artists will have their biggest ever presence at two of the world’s most significant contemporary art events — the Venice Biennale and documenta fifteen. Janine Mendes-Franco learns more As a result of pandemic-related delays, two major international art events that only overlap every decade or so will both be running over the …