Caribbean Beat — 25th Anniversary Edition — March/April 2017 (#144)

Contents
No. 144 March/April 2017
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EMBARK
17 Datebook
Events around the Caribbean in
March and April, from a river race in
Belize to St Patrick’s Day in St Croix
— plus a drum festival, kite-flying,
and cricket
24 Word of Mouth
Whether you experience it on stage
or from the audience, Trinidad and
Tobago’s national spoken word
poetry slam is full of thrills
26 The look
Trinidadian swimwear designer
Chandra Maharaj makes a seamlessly
elegant transition to Carnival
Monday wear
28 Bookshelf, playlist, and
screenshots
This month’s reading, listening, and
film-watching picks, in our books,
music, and film columns
ARRIVE
68 Offtrack
Pakaraima bound
The spectacular Pakaraima
Mountains, near Guyana’s border
with Brazil and Venezuela, are a
landscape of dramatic table-top
mountains, rolling valleys, and
remote villages. It’s not an easy part
of the world for outsiders to visit.
But the annual Pakaraima Mountain
Safari attracts visitors hungry for
adventure — like Neil Marks
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Port Elizabeth, Bequia
The capital of the second-largest of
the Grenadine Islands is a haven for
yachties — but also for artists and
foodies
IMMERSE
80 Layover
Bridgetown, Barbados
As one of the Caribbean’s most
popular tourist destinations, Barbados
is also a major hub for international
flights to the region. Our guide to
exploring the island when time is tight
ENGAGE
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Inner-city art
For middle-class Jamaicans and tourists
alike, downtown Kingston, with its
deprived communities, can seem
off-limits. So when a group of young
artists began a public mural project
in the Fleet Street area, it wasn’t just
about beautifying the neighbourhood,
writes Tanya Batson-Savage. It was
really about opening opportunities for
local residents
34 Cookup
A compendium of curry
From Jamaican goat to Trini doubles,
curry is one of the definitive flavours
of the Caribbean. There are hundreds
of curry blends around the world —
what are the Caribbean’s best, and
how are they evolving? Franka Philip
finds out
38 caribbean beat turns 25
The beat goes on
As Caribbean Beat marks its twenty-fifth anniversary, we look back at
our coverage of Caribbean people, arts, and culture since 1992. Lots has
changed — in the magazine, in our region, in the wider world — in the
past quarter-century. What hasn’t changed is our mission to share the
stories of the Caribbean’s best and brightest, from a Caribbean perspective,
for a Caribbean audience. You can see it in the covers of the 144 issues
we’ve published over the years — and the stories behind those images
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