Well? Would you? Saw this yesterday on the Facebook page of Bajantube - a super popular Barbadian entertainment/video upload site and it definitely gave me pause! I stopped, scrolled back up and my jaw dropped. It’s like a social studies project on Barbados tatted on her back – from the flag to the map to...
Waaaaaiiiiiieeee dread! Kamla, Kamla, Kamla. You are such an enigma to us here at Islandista. Is not enough we have conflicted feelings about yuh politically. But then yuh step out at Machel Monday in de US$700 El Vee hightop sneakers. Dey killing me… and...
Hurrayyyy!!! for funky, spunky Bajan pop/rock band CoverDrive who achieved their first number one single in the United Kingdom yesterday. The young quartet signed with Sony and Geffen less than a year ago. It has been a rapid rise that has taken a...
Run right out and pick up the January edition of Marie Claire – because islandista design star Anya Ayoung-Chee is featured in it! Hurrrray! She posted some page pix on her Facebook page today and the interview looks captivating. Our favourite bit? How Michael...
Today, we salute Doreen Lawrence, the Jamaican-born mother of Stephen Lawrence, who was as she herself rightfully put it, not just a murder victim but “a bright, beautiful young man who any parent of whatever background would have been proud of.” After 18 years...
