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Editor’s Letter. • AUTUMN 2022

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Heroes in a Half Shell. • FIELD DIRECTOR CARLA DANIEL HAS SPENT THE PAST 17 YEARS WORKING WITH THE BARBADOS SEA TURTLE PROJECT (BSTP). HERE, SHE EXPLAINS THE VITAL ROLES THE SPECIES PLAY IN MAINTAINING THE HEALTH OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS – AND HOW THEY ARE AN IMPORTANT BAROMETER OF ENVIRONMENTAL DECLINE

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Podcasts.

Books. • COMMUNITY-DRIVEN LATEST AND GREATEST READS

Film/TV.

Banging the Drum. • MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ARTIST SAUL WILLIAMS AND RWANDAN-BORN ARTIST AND CINEMATOGRAPHER ANISIA UZEYMAN DISCUSS THEIR DIRECTORIAL DEBUT, AFROFUTURIST MUSICAL SCI-FI NEPTUNE FROST, WHICH HAS ALREADY ATTAINED CULT STATUS ON THE FILM FESTIVAL CIRCUIT, FROM TORONTO TO CANNES.

Force of Nature. • ANGELA FERREIRA HAS BEEN QUIETLY MAKING HER MARK ON SOME OF UK BROADCASTING’S BIGGEST PRODUCTIONS FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES. NO WONDER LENNY HENRY TEAMED UP WITH THE CREATIVE POWERHOUSE TO HELP STEER HIS PRODUCTION COMPANY TO GLORY.

Events.

Flying High. • HE IS THE LEGENDARY AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEATRE PRODUCER WHO TRANSFORMED BROADWAY – WITH HIS SIGHTS FIRMLY SET ON NETFLIX FOR HIS THIRD ACT, STEPHEN C. BYRD IS JUST GETTING STARTED. INTERVIEW BY MARCIA DEGIA

Music.

Arts.

Out of this world. • DOMINICAN ARTIST YERMINE RICHARDSON REJECTS TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES TO CREATE A VISUAL GALAXY THAT CELEBRATES HIS HERITAGE AND HOME

The Good Fight. • BOLIVIA’S ALL-FEMALE CHOLITA WRESTLERS DON’T JUST DOMINATE THE RING, THEY’RE CHANGING ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD.

A Complicated Business. • JAPAN’S JK BUSINESSES OFFER MIDDLE-AGED MEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH SCHOOLGIRLS – AT A PRICE. WITH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OFTEN ON THE MENU AND FEW LAWS IN PLACE, WHAT’S REALLY BEING DONE TO PROTECT THOSE INVOLVED?

Streetstyle. • FROM EMBELLISHED BRAIDS, DECONSTRUCTED AFROS, AND BOLD COLOURS, WE ARE LOOKING TO THE STREETS FOR HAIR'S HOTTEST TRENDS.

Hotlist. • THIS SEASON'S HOTTEST BEAUTY PRODUCTS

Picture Perfect. • LEARN THE ART OF COLOUR CORRECTING FOR A FLAWLESS MAKEUP LOOK

Mixed Blessings. • HAIRCARE ACCORDING TO MULTI-CULTURAL HAIR TYPE

Island Dreaming • FROM FOREST BATHING TO BEACH CLEANING AND OCEAN-FRIENDLY SNORKELLING – BARBADOS IS THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF THE CARIBBEAN ECOTOURISM

Kind dining. • IN BARBADOS, A GROWING NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AS WHAT THEY PUT ON YOUR PLATE – AND THEY CATER TO EVERY TASTE

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Dance Nation. • FROM HIP-HOP TO CONTEMPORARY, DANNIELLE LECOINTE-MOSCA HAS SEEN – AND DANCED – IT ALL. WE CATCH UP WITH HER AHEAD OF HER LATEST SHOW