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Return to Kairi: A Trinidad and Tobago Journey

Return to Kairi: A Trinidad and Tobago Journey

This pictorial travel book addresses the idea of perspective: the many differences in the ways others see us, and even the way we see ourselves.

1998

Cyan Studios Staff (Photographer), et al.

Cyan Studios Staff (Photographer), Nigel A. Campbell

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Nigel A. Campbell

Bob Marley: One Love — A conversation with actor Hector ‘Roots’ Lewis

Imagine if you will, that you are casually checking email after a concert on your 2022 West coast US music tour supporting your recent…

5 min readFeb 27, 2024

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Bob Marley: One Love — A conversation with actor Hector ‘Roots’ Lewis

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Nigel A. Campbell

Caribbean connections: The diaspora generation moves global music

Before Bajan superstar Rihanna — The Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty, if you nasty! — starred in the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show in…

8 min readJan 10, 2024

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Caribbean connections: The diaspora generation moves global music

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Nigel A. Campbell

The Two Lives of Harry Belafonte, 1927–2023

Harry Belafonte 1927–2023. Image © 2011, David Shankbone

8 min readMay 19, 2023

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Harry Belafonte (1927–2023) at the Vanity Fair party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival. Image © David Shankbone

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Nigel A. Campbell

Soca Music is 50 years old

In 1973, fifty years ago, there was an evolution of the calypso, and a redefinition of the sound and the business of Carnival music. Fifty…

7 min readMar 30, 2023

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Soca Music is 50 years old

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Nigel A. Campbell

Cheslie Kryst at 30: an essay as an unheard and unseen cry for help

Cheslie Kryst’s essay in Allure

3 min readFeb 2, 2022

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Essay by Cheslie Kryst in Allure

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Nigel A. Campbell

The Illustrated Story of Pan: Second Edition — a review

Review of second edition of the principal tome on the steelpan. It is a renewed celebration of that “audacity of the Creole imagination…”

5 min readMay 18, 2021

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The Illustrated Story of Pan: Second Edition — a review

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Nigel A. Campbell

Just how popular is Soca music?

Swedish audio streaming giant, Spotify recently announced that it was expanding its reach by offering its subscription service to 80+ new…

9 min readMar 15, 2021

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Just how popular is Soca music?

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Nigel A. Campbell

The State and the COVID-19 Trinidad Carnival: “No wining indoors” and missed opportunities

Carnival 2021 is making the government show its true colours. Aside from narrow definitions of Carnival and a reticence to allow…

10 min readFeb 11, 2021

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The State and the COVID-19 Trinidad Carnival: “No wining indoors” and missed opportunities

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Nigel A. Campbell

Ralph Byron Campbell: a tribute

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11 min readJul 15, 2020

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Ralph Byron Campbell: a tribute

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Nigel A. Campbell

An Eye on History, A Witness to Murder

Darnella Frazier. Remember that name. History books in the future will record the names of witnesses in this time of the video camera…

3 min readJun 7, 2020

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An Eye on History, A Witness to Murder

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Nigel A. Campbell

Nigel A. Campbell

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An entertainment writer, reviewer, podcaster and music businessman focused on expanding the appeal of island music globally. | www.iradio.tt | www.jazz.tt |

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