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Archive (1992-2006)
Issue No. 76 - November/December 2005
Table of Contents
FEATURES
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THEATRE BEAT
UPSTAGING TRADITION
Jamaica’s National Pantomime has been a Christmas-season tradition since the 1940s, entertaining tens of thousands while preserving Jamaican folk culture. From Louise Bennett and Ranny Williams to Rex Nettleford, the brightest talents of Jamaican theatre have crossed this stage. Kellie Magnus looks at the history of the Pantomime and the Little Theatre Movement
- by Kellie Magnus
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MUSIC BEAT
THE HOTLIST
"The Hispanic Caribbean boasts a dizzying diverse musical scene, with sounds ranging from son to jibaro, bomba to salsa, cumbia to reggaeton. Where should the enthusiastic amateur start? Simon Lee has been listening to and enjoying them all for decades; he offers an opinionated personal guide to the best contemporary music from the Caribbean’s Spanish territories"
- by Simon Lee
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BEAT DESTINATION
TWIN-ISLAND PLEASURES
Trinidad and Tobago may be the Caribbean’s most various country, an unexpected microcosm of the whole region, sometimes bewildering to visitors. Four locals — Jamie Eliot, Pat Ganase, Tracy Assing, and Dylan Kerrigan — offer personal introductions and insiders’ tips to help you have a good time
- by Various contributors
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BEAT PLACES
AISHALTON DIARY
In Guyana’s remote south Rupununi, the Wapishana village of Aishalton is rarely visited by outsiders. Liam Taylor spent a year teaching there, growing to love the rhythms of this place far from home
- by Liam Taylor
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BEAT TRIBUTE
BOLERO ULTIMO
Simon Lee remembers Ibrahim Ferrer, the honey-voiced Cuban singer who leaped to fame after he starred on the Buena Vista Social Club album
- by Simon Lee
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DEPARTMENTS
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THE BUZZ
THE NAME OF THE SON
Damian “Jr Gong” Marley steps out of his father’s shadow with his new album Welcome to Jamrock
- by Kellie Magnus
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BOOKSHELF
BOOKSHELF
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse shows off the diversity of the region’s poetic tradition • Mirta Ojito’s memoir-cum-social history may be the definitive account of the 1980 Mariel exodus from Cuba • Thank God It’s Friday shows B.C. Pires at his best • Plus a reading list of more new books
- by Various contributors
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RHYTHM ROUNDUP
RHYTHM ROUNDUP
New albums by Jamaica’s TOK, Freddie McGregor, and Ernest Ranglin, and Trinidad’s Cascadu, plus a limited edition EP from 3Canal and the latest VP compilations, Reggae and Soca Gold 2005
- by Various contributors
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MUSIC BUZZ
DO YOU BELIEVE MAGIC
The true Trini roots of UK pop sensation the Magic Numbers, plus an interview with MTV’s USVI-born Frederick Morton, who talks about Tempo, the music channel’s new foray into the Caribbean
- by Dylan Kerrigan
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FILM BUZZ
MAROONED?
Guadeloupean Jean-Claude Flamand’s Nèg Maron launches a new wave in French Caribbean cinema
- by Georgia Popplewell
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EDUCATION BUZZ
BREAKING DOWN THE IVORY TOWER
Rawle Gibbons explains how the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts at UWI’s St Augustine campus rethinks the nature of arts education
- by Gerard A. Best
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SPORTS BUZZ
BRAVING THE BOWL
The Caribbean’s best-known surfing event catches its biggest wave yet. All eyes on Barbados’s Soup Bowl
- by David Pye
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ISLAND HOPPER
ISLAND HOPPER
Dates of events happening around the Caribbean
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OWN WORDS
“EVERYONE IS A WINNER”
Vincentian long-distance runner Pamenos Ballantyne on discipline, success, and his plans for the future — as told to Kwame Laurence
- by Kwame Laurence
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CARIBBEAN COOKUP
DUCK TREASON
"Anu Lakhan suggests you can do something with a duck other than curry it — quick, seize her Trini passport! • Plus Keith Smith on Christmas feasting, Jane King talks to St Lucian Rasta chef Jah Lamb, and Shammi Sarran on ten restaurants in Florida with the taste of the Caribbean; plus a review of a new recipe book"
- by Anu Lakhan
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CARIBBEAN CLASSICS
TWO WORLDS IN THE BLOOD
James Ferguson wonders if a new edition of John Hearne’s novel Voices Under the Window will revive the reputation of this pioneering Jamaican writer
- by James Ferguson
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RIDDEM & RHYME
SWEAT DREAMS
Garry Steckles on Calypso Dreams, the documentary by Geoffrey Dunn and Michael Horne that celebrates the golden age of Trinidad calypso
- by Garry Steckles
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BUSINESS BEAT
UNWELCOME GUESTS
After two devastating hurricane seasons in a row, Richard Costas looks at the impact of these meteorological disasters on the Caribbean’s small economies
- by Richard Costas
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HOROSCOPE
HOROSCOPE
Find out what the stars say about your future
- by Gail Massy
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LAST WORD
HAVE HER CAKE AND EAT IT
Attillah Springer on the world’s best black cake — her granny’s
- by Attillah Springer
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