A Caribbean breakfast treat called “Bakes.” They are soft, doughy, and almost impossible to put down. Bakes are most enjoyed in the morning – think Sunday morning brunch. Despite the name, bakes are only occasionally baked. More often than not, Bakes are fried discs of dough. Enjoy plain or split open with anything from jam, cheese, meat, salt cod salad, or whatever works for you. Everyone has their own version. Cook time will vary with heat. Enjoy!
Learn how to make the most delicious haitian lambi recipe. this Haitian conch stew delicacy is prepared in the instant pot.
The Caribbean is full of beautiful islands offering incredible experiences. Find the best Caribbean islands to visit based on your travel preferences.
Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands is making a three-day visit to the Caribbean island of Curacao. During her visit to Curacao, The Princes...
When Fanny Eaton died in west London on March 4, 1924, her memories were already lost to senility. She had worked as a cleaner, a seamstress, and a cook, and raised most of her ten children on her own after being widowed in her forties. But the life of this brown-skinned old lady full of …
There is a lot to do and see in St. Lucia but if you're short on time, here are 6 things you absolutely must experience while you're on the island.
The Guadeloupe-born novelist on prejudice in France and the power of Wuthering Heights
The Brooklyn Museum has an extensive collection of Spanish Colonial painting, but the institution's relatively new curator of European art Richard Aste knew the museum lacked the same depth in their British colonial works. Recently, Brooklyn's premiere fine art institution announced the acquisition of a new work by Agostino Brunias, "Free Women of Color with their Children and Servants in a Landscape" (ca. 1764-1796), which will partially fill that gap but there is something else about the painting that makes it interesting to the contemporary viewer, namely its multicultural subjects.
Striking images - shortly to be auctioned - show the Caribbean island in the early years of photography.
We've got the scoop on cover girl, Anya Ayoung Chee. Find out what life is like for the season 9 winner of Project Runway and Trinidad and Tobago's former Miss Universe. We haven't forgotten your favourites: Boss Ladies, Man Crush, and all your beauty and fashion tips!
This cassava flatbread known as bammmy is a great wheat free alterative and a vital Jamaican dietary staple.
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
The entire list of 187 names was due to become public this week, but a filing by a woman named 'Doe 107' appears to have stalled it and caused confusion.
Special Issue: Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition in the British Caribbean Edited by Christer Petley and Stephan Lenik Stephan Lenik and Christer Petley, ‘Introduction: The Material Culture…
Sharing photos from a week spent in Anguilla with NetJets and Four Seasons... and what might be my favorite tropical trip I've ever taken.
Acassan is a Haitian corn porridge locals enjoy for breakfast. As a child, I struggled with it. I still carry those scars. Read about it on the blog.
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
Dame Mary Eugenia Charles, the first woman to practice law in Dominica and only female prime minister of the country, was born in 1919.
Left: ‘A young dandy wearing a formal suit and Top hat, circa 1890’ Right: ‘Conroy Campbell, a pupil at Willesden High school, 1973’ I just rediscovered this book; Stuart Hall and Paul Gilroy put it together in 2007. It uses press photos to document post-war black settlement in Britain during the twentieth century. Instead of just recording the immigrants’ settlement the book paints a really beautiful picture of people’s lives. Hall says it ‘highlights their pains and pleasures, achievements and failures, trials and tribulations’. As well as telling the story of adult immigration the book also gives us a peek at the lives of the teenagers who settled in the Britain - how they came to the UK, made a life, created communities, struggled for rights, and gained recognition. ‘Fourteen-year-old Leonard Blackett of Bute Town or Tiger Bay paints a scene from Hamlet, 1950’. ‘Girls being taught bread making at the Aylwin Comprehensive School for Girls, Bermondsey, 5th November 1971’. ‘Twin brothers Peter and Fred (aged thirteen) during a break in a training session at Woodford Bridge, Essex, 10 April 1959. The orphaned boys lived at Dr Bernardo’s Home’. 'West Indians queuing for the final test match at the oval, South London, 22 August 1963’. [p170] A free festival of African Asian, and Caribbean music and art at Kennington Park, 27 August 1973’. In the 1970’s Britain’s young Blacks turned away from versions of their culture that were being borrowed by outsiders. Instead a sharp, politicised, youth developed a subculture that had strong Pan-African, Ethiopian and Caribbean influences. This later combined with African-American culture that was being enthusiastically absorbed in the UK. This generation had a strong sense of what music and dance could bring to the lives of a supposedly transitional group; ‘On reflection we are a lucky generation, an unusually eloquent, and musically rich culture’ [Gilroy, p248]. The book also shows us how black presence conjured a fear that these new young immigrants were threatening the ‘British way of life’. ‘Clyp Youth Club, 18 October 1978’ ‘Teenagers outside the Clyp Youth Club, 1978’. ‘A young girl protests at a demonstration in London’s Smithfield against continued immigration'. ‘A teenager is arrested by British troops during a civil rights demonstration in Belfast, 1969’ [p198]. ‘Herman Dee and Anneliese Polan, 15 November 1977’. ‘Inmates in a workshop at the Junior Detention Centre in Send, near Woking, 27 November 1979’. All images were scanned from the book, Black Britain: A Photographic History — Welcome! I'd like to introduce Abigail Wilson to the Teenage film blog. She's one of our new interns and has written and researched some incredible posts for Teenage. Stay tuned! Abigail Wilson—A Filmmaker who, as a teenager, watched bad game shows, pretended she was naughtier than she was, and danced till her legs gave up'.
Looking for the best things to do in Curacao? From the best beaches to local art galleries and nature spots, these are the musts on your Curacao itinerary.
A new photography book examines culture, politics, religion and tourism in the Caribbean over the past century. Here are some of the best images
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
Searching for a Caribbean island that delivers silence and solitude with a side of the best Mother Nature has to offer? Here are 7 reasons to Visit Saba.
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell used his private Caribbean island to host “constant” orgies and once flew in a group of European models to fulfill their sexual f…
Item: Title: Negro Girls Photographer: Valentine and Sons Publisher:Valentine and Sons Publisher#: 13994 Year: 1891 Height: 6 in Width: 8.25 in Media: albumen print Color: b/w Country: Jamaica Town: Kingston Notes: The subject was a servant in the Cherry Garden great house. Provenance: Raymond Brandon Collection For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE CARIBBEAN PHOTO ARCHIVE
New black and white photos show the many faces of the groups that arrived to fill Britain's labour market after WWII from all over the world - from the Caribbean to India to Somalia.
Tamara Natalie Madden, was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica and raised in Manchester, Jamaica. It was during her childhood in Manchester that Madden was exposed to her first artistic influences. She continued to pursue art during her high school years, studying advanced literature, photography and creative writing. In 1992, when her art teacher passed from cancer, her sadness, along with teenage concerns, diverted her attention from art. Tamara created art sporadically for the next few years, with her passion eventually dissipating as life issues took precedence over her creativity. In 1997, Tamara was diagnosed with a rare genetic kidney disease called IGA Nephropathy. Over the next few years she would watch her body deteriorate while she tried to maintain sanity amidst all of the toxins collecting in her body. In order to maintain some semblance of normalcy, she began to create again. In 2000, Tamara took a trip home to Jamaica in hopes of reuniting with family and finding a long lost brother. She had no idea that the trip would save her life. Her brother offered his kidney to her upon seeing the condition that she was in. This amazing offer was consummated in 2001 with Tamara undergoing a successful kidney transplant. That year she participated in her first art exhibition, making good on the promise that she had made to herself long ago to become a professional fine artist. Her work has been featured in newspapers and magazines, including, but not limited to, the New York Times International, the Jamaican Gleaner, and Upscale Magazine. Many of her pieces are in the permanent collection of prestigious universities, such as the Margaret Cunninggim Center, Women and Gender Studies Department and History Department of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. She is also in the permanent collection of Alverno College in Wisconsin, and The Mother Kathryn Daniels Community Center in Milwaukee Wisconsin. She’s exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States and Canada and her art was recently chosen by Black Art in America to cover the book entitled: “A Time, A Season…A Commemorative Book to Honor Oprah Winfrey.” Additionally, she was a recipient of an individual grant from the Puffin Foundation for her project, “Never Forgotten”, which focused on combating poverty worldwide. “My art is a reflection of my personality – vivid and buoyant.” ~ Tamara Natalie Madden ~
In January 1959, a ‘Caribbean Carnival’ took place in St Pancras town hall, London. It was the precursor to the Notting Hill carnival, which has taken place every August bank holiday in west London for the past 50 years. Here, we take a look at the carnival in its earlier years
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
Searching for a Caribbean island that delivers silence and solitude with a side of the best Mother Nature has to offer? Here are 7 reasons to Visit Saba.
An eclectic mix of architectural designs through the ages, some immaculately maintained others crumbling and weathered. Kaleidoscopic facades straddling faded exteriors. Mint condition vintage cars cruising beside struggling antiques. Live music. Colorful art. And some of the most friendly and accommodating people I’ve ever encountered. Welcome to Cuba. Finally! After two failed attempts and a …
GUYANA INDENTURED SERVANTS “From Whence They Left: Paying homage to Indentured Servants 1834-1920″”The Indian indentureship program started as early as 1834. By 1839, about 6,100 …
