Callaloo Caribbean Magazine

Smeared Skies, Matt Molloy

By merging 100 to 400 photographs into one, Matt Molloy reveals the different colors of the sky in his masterful painting-like photographs.

Curry Chicken, Chicken Curry, Curried Chicken. No matter which way you say it, it still tastes great to me. I just loooove me some curry! 

I guess you can say it’s a Jamaican thing. Curry Chicken is one of the most popular dishes prepared in homes and restaurants throughout Jamaica, and can easily give fried chicken a run for its money. It certainly ranks highly in my household because it is quick and easy to prepare, spicy, and full of flavor. 

Curry Chicken is typically served with steamed white rice; however serving it with boiled flour dumplings and ground provisions is equally delectable. 

The next best thing to having a nice hot plate of Curry Chicken to chow down, is being able to share it with others…

So go ahead and take a virtual bite of one of my favorite meals of all times, and tell me what you think :)

Cuba Holds Its First Natural Hair Competition

Havana performance artist, Susana Delahante held a black hair competition in Cuba this past weekend. Black and mixed-race women were invited to compete in three hair categories – natural, braided and dreadlocked.

The two hour competition which had over 70 contestants was described as an effort to bolster pride within the Afro-Cuban community.+

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Nigerian-born scientist wins award for his cancer-seeing glasses

Samuel Achilefu, has won the prestigious St. Louis Award for 2014 for creating cancer-visualizing glasses.

Dr. Achilefu, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering, and his team developed the imaging technology in cancer diagnosis into a wearable night vision-like goggles so surgeons could see the cancer cells while operating.

“They basically have to operate in the dark,” Bloomberg Businessweek quoted Dr. Achilefu, 52, as saying.

“I thought, what if we create something that let’s you see things that aren’t available to the ordinary human eye.”