Caribbean Beat — January/February 2017 (#143)

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No. 143 January/February 2017
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21 Caribbean airlines turns ten
Marking a decade of sharing the
warmth of the islands, with the
Caribbean’s favourite airline. Learn
about anniversary plans, meet some
star CAL employees, and more
EMBARK
23 Datebook
Events around the Caribbean in
January and February, from Chinese
New Year in Suriname to a film
festival in Guadeloupe
32 Word of Mouth
A new museum in Kingston pays
tribute to reggae legend Peter Tosh;
and it’s Carnival season across the
Caribbean!
36 The look
Jamaican furniture line Mara Made
Designs gives elegant new life to
salvaged wood
38 The Game
Are you following the West Indies
blind cricket team? The 2017 World
Cup, hosted once again by India, is
a good time to start, writes Nazma
Muller
42 Bookshelf, playlist, and
screenshots
This month’s reading, listening, and
film-watching picks
IMMERSE
49 snapshots
Carnival is mine
There’s no single, definitive version
of Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival —
rather, there are as many versions as
there are people who love the annual
festival. For some, Carnival is mas. For
others, it’s music. Some wait all year
for J’Ouvert, others adore Panorama.
There are thousands of different
Carnival stories: here are just a few
68 closeup
Shapeshifter, time traveller
When Vahni Capildeo won the
prestigious Forward Prize for her
poetry, the award merely affirmed
what her readers already knew: the
Trinidad-born writer is a brilliant
complicator of language, stories,
conventions, and boundaries. Andre
Bagoo explains why Capildeo’s
poems are so exhilarating
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Forgotten beauty
In the paintings of the nineteenthcentury
British Pre-Raphaelite artists,
one “exotic” face stands out. Fanny
Eaton, born in Jamaica, was a mixedrace
model who found herself, for a
few years, near the heart of Victorian
London’s art world — and was long
forgotten. Judy Raymond tells what’s
known of her story
ARRIVE
78 Escape
Tobago therapy
If your Carnival plan involves a
quiet getaway from the heat
and the action, Tobago might be
just the place you’re looking for.
Caroline Taylor suggests all the ways
Trinidad’s tranquil sister isle can
soothe your spirit
88 neighbourhood
Roseau, Dominica
With its dramatic backdrop of
mountains, narrow and picturesque
streets, and historic architecture,
the capital of the “Nature Isle” has a
distinctive French Creole charm
91 RounD Trip
Carnival planet
The Carnival spirit, celebrated across
the Caribbean, isn’t unique to our
region. In countries and cities across
the world — many of them with a
cross-cultural history — the weeks
and days before Lent are a season of
revelry
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St John’s, Antigua
Its location near the northern end
of the Leewards makes Antigua an
important hub for Caribbean travel.
Our guide to exploring the island
when time is tight
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