Trinidad
A Cocoa ‘Rebellion’
As a child, Gillian Goddard could pick cocoa beans off the ground in old plantations, sucking out their pulpy fruit as a snack, the richness of the crop going to waste in a country where a common phrase is “cocoa is king.”
The Tangled Origins of Hosay
The Shiite Islamic ritual of Muharram came to Trinidad with Indian indentured workers in the 19th century, attracting the participation of the island’s African population and becoming truly creolized, transforming into Hosay. Its story of suppression and survival is a vital record of Trinidadian culture.