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The Caribbean Print?: James Hackett & The Lush Kingdom

  • ByChadia Mathurin
  • May 26, 2020
Every year, during the month of October, Saint Lucia, along with her sister isle Dominica, celebrates Creole Heritage…
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Unmasked: Longing For Home

  • ByWakonté Caribbean
  • May 24, 2020
David Rubin, a Trinidadian citizen shares the struggles he’s experienced while trying to make his way back home in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Something About This Music: A Concise History of Soca

  • ByHarmony Farrell
  • May 24, 2020
The history of soca music, much like the history of the Caribbean, is one of cultural fusions, of…
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Stranded… on A Cruiseship

  • ByWakonté Caribbean
  • May 15, 2020
Shorn Biscette is a Saint Lucian musician who worked with Norwegian Cruise lines during the pandemic time of Covid-19. He shares some of his experiences onboard one of the vessels from the time the cruise line industry went into a pause.
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A Caribbean Chef in South Korea

  • ByElvis David
  • May 13, 2020
South Korea: This foreign land of beauty goddesses and metrosexual men, with culinary delights like raw prawns and…
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The Block Party

  • ByAkil Warner
  • May 11, 2020
Los Malos hill was hot. In the unforgiving assault of the August sun, it rose, high and brown,…
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Yogi: The Island Boy Scribbling on the Pages of Pop Music

  • ByChadia Mathurin
  • May 10, 2020
Kehlani just released a new album and from what I’ve heard, it’s dope. If you’re Saint Lucian and…
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4 Entrepreneurial Lessons From Your Caribbean Mommy’s Phrases

  • ByChadia Mathurin
  • May 10, 2020
If you ask a Caribbean entrepreneur about their mother they’ll probably tell you that they learnt how to…
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His Voluptuous Queen. Her Source of Laughter.: Jovon & Léel

  • ByWakonté Caribbean
  • April 20, 2020
Meet the Couple Jovon Lewis (31) is a clerk out of Trinidad & Tobago. His wife, Léel Arlene…
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The Job

  • ByDamian René
  • April 16, 2020
“Say something! Say something damn it!” Sandra was standing before him, her arms flailing excitedly. “De pickney nah…
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