Amarachi Ubani and I met in Beijing, China last March during the 2023 China International Press Communication Centre (CIPCC) Programme for international journalists. Two years post breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy, I will soon be heading to Venice to...
Teacups and saucers evoke memories of my Grenadian grandmother helping to organise tea things—from cakes and pastries to tablecloths and brown glass crockery, and oftentimes both—for Mothers’ Union, Red Cross and various church teas. Because tickets had been purchased...
In 2010 on research trip to Washington DC, I visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and saw this fabric on display. According to the museum’s site, this fabric, called adinkra, is from mid-late 19th century Ghana, and was worn by royalty during...
Cinnamon, clove, ginger, lemongrass, moringa, nutmeg, sorrel, and turmeric are some bush teas we drink to ward off illness, to feel better, and with a liberal lash of spirits, especially in the spiced sorrel version, to keep our spirits high. I’ve used those...
There almost nothing a cup of bush tea can’t fix. These teabags are about 3 x 2.25 inches and 3.5 x 3 inches. They were soaked in dye teas made from Grenada-grown herbs and spices with regular salt as fixative. These are the dye teas. From left to right: lemongrass...
