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ISSUE 104 – JULY/AUGUST 2010

In this issue of Caribbean Beat, Mirissa De Four paid a visit to a new eco-friendly park on Trinidad's north coast ... Matthew Barker explored Costa Rica's east coast ... Barry Chevannes reflects on the life and legacy of his friend and colleague Rex Nettleford ... Nazma Muller asked about the life lessons that Ziggy Marley is helping to teach ... James Fuller went fishing off the shores of Tobago ... Garry Steckles spoke to veteran reggae singer Jimmy Cliff about his plan to act his way right to the top ... Franka Philip found out how complicated it is to create recipes ... Skye Hernandez heard what former artist Moises Jonas is doing to help his devastated homeland of Haiti ...





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ARTICLES

Happenings

 

Travel

 

People

 

 

HAPPENINGS
A round-up of current
and coming events on
the Caribbean calendar


 

COSTA RICA’S CARIBBEAN CORNER
Cut off for more than a century, the country’s east coast is now reachable by road. Matthew Barker explored its Caribbean connections

 

A KING AMONG MEN
He was known throughout the region and beyond as a scholar, dancer, teacher, and a Caribbean man. Rex Nettleford remembered, by his friend and colleague Barry Chevannes

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