“Gwadloup sé tan nou”: How a 2009 strike found its chorus.
Union activist Jacky Richard says he wrote the chorus spontaneously, in the midst of the 2009 strike. He didn’t yet know that those few words
Union activist Jacky Richard says he wrote the chorus spontaneously, in the midst of the 2009 strike. He didn’t yet know that those few words
The Krioyo Film Festival 2026 will take place from October 26 to November 2, 2026, at Caribbean Cinemas in the Sambil Shopping Center in Willemstad,
Colonel Wallace Sterling, leader of the Maroons of Moore Town, notes that a Christmas celebration has come to an end in his village. The surrounding
Martinique has just won a 2026 Silver Magellan Award for its culinary heritage. Presented by Travel Weekly, this award honors the Martinique Tourism Board in
St. George’s Cathedral in Georgetown, Guyana, is approximately 43.5 meters tall and is built of wood. Consecrated on November 8, 1894, it replaced a brick
We’ve reached the halfway point of the series “Stories of Caribbean Cinema.” The first four episodes have spanned nearly three decades of cinema, from Cuba
Sir Arthur Lewis, born in Castries, Saint Lucia, on January 23, 1915, was the economist who received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1979 for
Colombo is a spiced meat stew, a staple of Caribbean cuisine, linked to the arrival of Indian indentured laborers in the 19th century. Its name
Ne-Yo, Machel Montano, and Capleton will take the stage in Roseau, but Midnight Groovers, Asa Bantan, and Shelly & The Signal Band will also be
“Dera Gai” translates to “burying the rooster.” However, in Aruba on June 24, the live rooster has disappeared from the ritual. A gourd has taken
On October 20, 2026, the Senate passed the bill to repeal the Code Noir without amendment, by a vote of 320 in favor and none
In Saint Lucia, the “fig” is a green banana. Cooked with salt cod, it becomes green fig and saltfish, the island’s national dish, where two
With just a few days to go before the 2026 Route du Rhum, Kéni Piperol is preparing for his second solo Atlantic crossing. Four years
Beneath the shield of Dominica’s coat of arms, a scroll carries a phrase in Kwéyòl. « Après Bondie, c’est la Ter ». After God, the
Mia Mottley began her tribute to Mighty Sparrow by quoting “The Slave,” a song from 1963. At the calypso artist’s funeral on October 16, 2026,
In 1953, in a cemetery in Croix-des-Bouquets, two men stopped in front of some iron crosses. They were crafted by a blacksmith named Georges Liautaud.
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