Book Reviews – The Creole Princess
Beth White’s The Creole Princess is a captivating historical novel set in early 19th-century New Orleans. It blends romance, intrigue, and history with remarkable skill.
Louisiana – The Beating Heart of the Creole World
In Louisiana, culture is not just remembered, it’s lived. From Zydeco’s rhythms to gumbo’s aroma, the Creole spirit pulses through every street, song, and story.
Creole Culture in the Dominican Republic: A Legacy of Blended Traditions
The Dominican Republic, located on the island of Hispaniola, is rich in cultural diversity, shaped by centuries of interaction between African, European, and Indigenous Taíno peoples.
Dominica: The Caribbean’s Emerging Eco-Tourism Haven
Dominica, often called the “Nature Isle of the Caribbean,” has long been celebrated for its unspoiled landscapes, rich biodiversity, and vibrant Creole culture.
New Orleans: The City of a thousand lives – Where myth, music, and memory intertwine in America’s most Creole city.
New Orleans is a city that refuses to be contained by time or category. Its music, rituals, food, and language spill beyond definitions, blending the sacred and the everyday, the joyful and the haunted.
Gabrielle Bill – Layering Beauty and Meaning on Canvas
Working primarily in oil on large canvases, the British artist blends human figures with lush foliage and flowers, creating visually captivating and quietly reflective works.
Recipes – Moqueca Baiana (Brazilian Fish Stew)
This stew traces its roots to West Africa, carried across the Atlantic in the hands of enslaved peoples who brought with them a memory of cooking with palm oil, coconut, and spice. In northeast Brazil, these traditions merged with Indigenous ingredients and Portuguese influences, giving birth to a comforting and vibrant dish.
Book Reviews – The Creole Elite and the Rise of Angolan Protonationalism
Jacopo Corrado’s The Creole Elite and the Rise of Angolan Protonationalism is a meticulously researched and thought-provoking exploration of identity, culture, and the birth of early nationalism in Angola.
Ben Wardle – Painting the Wild, Embracing the Journey
Ben Wardle’s art is rooted in his deep connection to the British countryside. A mixed-media landscape artist, he transforms his love of wild spaces into bold, immersive works.
Luis Morales Alonso – the past and present vibrancy
The Central American nation of Nicaragua sits perfectly placed between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; which has left its boundaries wonderfully open to cultural influence from across the Globe.
Recipes – Chicken Colombo (Creole Curry)
Colombo is a Creole curry brought to Martinique and Guadeloupe by indentured labourers from India who worked sugar plantations in the 19th and 20th centuries. Colombo is a mixture of various spices, including coriander, cumin, yellow mustard seeds, fenugreek, fennel, pepper, turmeric and allspice.
Discover the Wonderful Island of Martinique
Watched over by the active Mont Pelée, Martinique is one of the most diverse and sophisticated island nations in the world. Even after its former capital of St Pierre was wiped out in 1902 by an eruption, its world-class beaches, breathtaking hiking trails and vibrancy of the island have made it a hotspot for more than 500,000 tourists every year.
New Orleans – Jazz & Heritage Festival 2022
A celebration of the art form - Whether you think the 2022 New Orleans Jazz Festival was a return, a reunion or a rebirth, one thing is for sure - it was a success
Celebrating 100 years of “Miss Lou” (1919 – 2019)
The Honorable Louise Bennet Coverley, OM OJ MBE Jamaican Poet, Actress, Folklorist, Writer, Dramatist, Director, Radio and Television Personality.
Written by: Dr. Roli Degazon-Johnson
“Hailed by generati...
An interview with Percival Noel James Patterson (ON, OCC, PC, QC) Jamaica’s Longest Serving Prime Minister (1992 – 2006)
Interview by: Georgina Dhillon & Dr. Roli Degazon-Johnson
In May 2019, the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London, hosted the United Kingdom launch of P.J. Patterson’s book “My Political Journ...