The Long Wave: Trinidad and Tobago carnival celebrates African roots

Soca veterans join forces with Afrobeats stars as the diaspora strengthens ties with the motherland. Plus, Angela Davis heads to London

Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. In our launch edition, I wrote about how one of the things I missed in the media landscape was the ability to simply meet others across the Black diaspora. In the months since, this newsletter has been that place for me, but never more so than this week, when I spoke to Natricia Duncan, our Caribbean correspondent, about this year’s carnival in Trinidad and Tobago.

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‘Power of music’: steel pan bands foster joy and resilience at Trinidad and Tobago carnival

Caribbean country’s steel band competition, held this year amid escalating violence, celebrates an instrument born out of colonial resistance. A crescent moon hung in the cloudless sky over ...
The Guardian - 1d
How revellers are making Trinidad's carnival more sustainable

There are efforts under way to recycle and reuse more at what has been dubbed "the greatest show on Earth".
BBC News - 2d
Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?

Southern Ocean waves are growing larger and faster, threatening coastlines. But some scientists think they could help turn the tide in the climate crisis. In his remarkable memoir of his life ...
The Guardian - Feb. 22
Four great African adventures

Dream expeditions from Uganda to Madagascar
Financial Times - 3d
Elon Musk waves 'bureaucracy chainsaw' gifted by Argentina

Argentina's president gifted Elon Musk a chainsaw to symbolise cuts to bureaucracy.
BBC News - Feb. 21
Health chiefs warn of potential second norovirus wave

A different strain of the winter vomiting virus is now on the rise, UK health experts say.
BBC News - 6d
Polish far right starts to ride Trump wave

Sławomir Mentzen is now polling in second place ahead of presidential elections in May
Financial Times - 1d
Carts, catwalk and carnival: Photos of the week

A selection of news photographs from around the world.
BBC News - Feb. 22
'It's going to be a short game!' Mulder bowls Root

South Africa's Wiaan Mulder removes Joe Root's off-stump to leave England in trouble at 103-5 in their ICC Champions Trophy match in Karachi.
BBC News - 4d