Visual Culture: Oyetayo Raymond Ojoade’s “Bottom In De Road”
A cinematic celebration of the female behind, from Trinidad & Tobago.
Carnival Checklist: Pre-Carnival Week in Trinidad
Words by LargeUp Crew—
Today we begin the countdown to Carnival in Trinidad with the first in a week's worth of features previewing the Caribbean's biggest bacchanal.
Trinidad Carnival is seven days a... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: International Soca Monarch Contenders
Words by Tishanna Williams—
Soca Monarch 2014 semi-finals was off the chain! With a first prize of $2 million in play, performers came hard and, in a new twist, the Groovy Soca Category has taken over ... Read More...
Celebrating Caribbean Culture: 50 Years of Trinidad & Tobago’s Best Village Competition
Words by Tishanna Williams—
One year after celebrating 50 years of Independence, Trinidad and Tobago is in the midst of commemorating another half century with the 50th Anniversary of the Prime Minister'... Read More...
Found Footage: Hitler Finds Out About Machel Montano’s Clean Sweep
Words by Jesse Serwer—
By now you've probably seen at least a few YouTube videos of Hitler losing his shit for various improbable reasons. The footage is from the climactic scene in a German movie called... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Jillionaire’s 2012 Road March Contenders
Words by Jillionaire—
Trinidad & Tobago Carnival is just two weeks away, and, needless to say, we're already feeling the itch to get down to Port of Spain. To get you primed for the coming festivit... Read More...
Post-Game: Trinidad Carnival Roundup
Words by Eddie STATS Houghon and Jillionaire, via The Guardian UK
Through the kind links of our UK correspondent Gabriel Heatwave of the London-based Heatwave crew Jillionaire and myself were tapped to p... Read More...
Toppa Top 10: Soca Monarch Contenders for Carnival 2011!
Words by Rishi Bonneville and Eddie STATS Houghton
Carnival time again! As multitudes of ex-pat Trinis and foreign calypso, pan and soca lovers board flights for Port of Spain, the fetes and song competiti... Read More...