Caribbean Beat — July/August 2018 (#152)
A calendar of events; music, film, and book reviews; travel features; people profiles, and much more.
A calendar of events; music, film, and book reviews; travel features; people profiles, and much more.
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Contents<br />
No. 152 • <strong>July</strong>/<strong>August</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
68<br />
46<br />
52<br />
EMBARK<br />
16 Wish you were here<br />
Balandra Bay, Trinidad<br />
19 Datebook<br />
Events around the <strong>Caribbean</strong> in <strong>July</strong><br />
and <strong>August</strong>, from Emancipation<br />
commemorations to St Lucia’s<br />
Chocolate Heritage Month<br />
26 Word of Mouth<br />
Barbados’s AnimeKon is one of the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong>’s biggest festivals of<br />
comics and animation<br />
28 Be well<br />
A new generation of mothers-to-be<br />
are opting for natural birthing centres<br />
like Trinidad’s Mamatoto<br />
32 Bookshelf and playlist<br />
This month’s reading and listening<br />
picks<br />
34 screenshots<br />
A Q&A with Matthew Smith, director<br />
of a new Walter Rodney documentary<br />
32 Cookup<br />
Good to goat<br />
From homestyle stews to spicy<br />
curries, goat is a popular <strong>Caribbean</strong><br />
favourite <strong>—</strong> but how do diners and<br />
chefs feel about a more upscale<br />
version? Franka Philip investigates<br />
IMMERSE<br />
40 Panorama<br />
turn of the tide<br />
The sometimes submerged forces of<br />
history and culture that connect the<br />
islands of the <strong>Caribbean</strong> archipelago<br />
are the guiding theme of an exhibition<br />
that opened in Los Angeles last year,<br />
and has now moved to New York City.<br />
Presenting a portfolio of artists from<br />
Relational Undercurrents<br />
46 snapshot<br />
Welcome to the evolution<br />
Few people can boast such a big<br />
dose of musical DNA. It’s no surprise,<br />
then, that Nailah Blackman <strong>—</strong><br />
granddaughter of the late Ras Short<br />
I <strong>—</strong> barely out of her teens, is one of<br />
the hottest new musical talents in<br />
Trinidad and Tobago, with her sights<br />
set on an international career. Laura<br />
Dowrich-Phillips learns about<br />
Blackman’s breakthrough at Carnival<br />
2017, and her ambitions to push<br />
soca <strong>—</strong> the musical genre invented by<br />
her grandfather <strong>—</strong> to a new stage of<br />
evolution<br />
ARRIVE<br />
52 round trip<br />
Head for heights<br />
There’s nothing like the thrill of a<br />
higher perspective, far above the<br />
ground <strong>—</strong> from ziplining to rockclimbing<br />
to floating in a hot-air<br />
balloon. Get ready to soar<br />
60 neighbourhood<br />
Charlestown, Nevis<br />
The capital of St Kitts’s sister<br />
isle boasts historic architecture,<br />
museums, and proximity to one of the<br />
<strong>Caribbean</strong>’s most famous beaches<br />
8 WWW.CARIBBEAN-BEAT.COM
Change language