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Culture writing from the Caribbean and African diaspora.
After carnival, the songs that stay
Carnival is a deadline. For the artists who chase the season, every February ends the same way — set lists archived, costumes packed, the c…
A London fish fry finds its people
The first thing you notice is the line. It bends past the railway arch, past the cold-pressed-juice place that's never open, past three boy…
This weekend: five events from London to Port of Spain
Five things worth your time this weekend, scattered across four cities and two oceans. Friday — Bristol . The Watershed hosts a poetry nigh…
The quiet ascent of amapiano in Toronto
Two years ago, you had to know somebody to find amapiano in Toronto. The records moved through WhatsApp groups and house parties in basemen…
An archive is not a shrine
The first time I heard a sample of the Sangre Grande Sound archive, I cried for reasons I couldn't immediately name. The recording was a 19…