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ISSUE 101 – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010
In this Carnival issue of Caribbean Beat, Lisa Allen-Agostini meets the Hart family which has been bringing out a fun masquerade band for three generations, and the legendary Invaders steel orchestra is profiled by David Katz and Ray Funk ... Mark Lyndersay presents priceless images of Trinidad Carnival as it was half a century ago, and David Katz learns the fine art of wire-bending with master craftsman Carl Gabriel. Brendan de Caires considers the life and work of the Nobel prizewinner Derek Walcott ... Jonathan Ali meets filmmaker Maria Govan while David Katz meets Jamaican poet Kwame Dawes ... Nicholas Laughlin reaches the highest point in the Kingdom of the Netherlands by climbing Mount Scenery in the Caribbean ... Franka Philip seeks out the singing Rastafarian chef Levi Roots in London, James Ferguson remembers the start of prohibition in the US ninety years ago, Laura Dowrich-Philip talks to Barbadian singer Livvi Franc and N'delamiko Lord celebrates Red Plastic Bag, the calypso king of Barbados ...

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Caribbean Style	Style	Life & Times

THE GIFT OF THE PAST In a bag of old, scratched negatives, photographer Mark Lyndersay found priceless images of the Trinidad Carnival of half a century ago	BAND OF THE YEARS For 50 years, Harts has been bringing out a fun Carnival band. They shared three generations of a family tradition with Lisa Allen-Agostini	RED PLASTIC BAG IS A ROLLING STONE For a professional calypsonian, it’s always Carnival season. N’delamiko Lord tries to keep up with the calypso king of Barbados
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STYLE: FLYING THE FLAG
T&T Ent funds performers to help them put the country on the map
from Issue 95

CARIBBEAN COOKUP: THE RHODES MORE TRAVELLED
British chef Gary Rhodes owns a restaurant in the region, yet he’s only now discovering its food. But Franka Philip is pleased to see he’s passing on what he’s learned to the folks back home
from Issue 98

ON THIS DAY: TIME WILL TELL
For one bright shining moment it seemed the unbridgeable political divide in Jamaica had been closed. James Ferguson remembers that day, 30 years ago
from Issue 90

ON THIS DAY: NUTMEG, COCOA, BANANAS…AND BLOOD
In October 1983, taking the world by surprise, 6,000 US marines invaded Grenada. James Ferguson draws the parallels between those events and today’s Iraq war
from Issue 93

ARCHIVE (1992 - 2006)

CARIBBEAN CARNIVALS: The Pied Piper of Soca
As the 1993 Carnival season looms ahead, Debbie Jacob profiles Trinidad & Tobago's Road March King and feels the uncanny spell of his beat
from Issue 4

COLUMBUS 500: The People Before Columbus
Kim Johnson goes in search of the people who lived in the Caribbean before Columbus' caravels sailed over the eastern horizon. Illustrations by Sally A. Davies
from Issue 3

TECHNOLOGY BEAT: Meet the Love B.U.V.
A Trinidad businessman is applying Henry Ford's ideas to a new vehicle built specially for the Caribbean
from Issue 5

COVER STORY: Lord of the Dance
'Masman' Peter Minshall took the revolutionary techniques of his Trinidad Carnival bands to the opening of the Olympics.
from Issue 3