Our multicultural heritage gives our music an intriguing eclecticism, and a range of rhythms and styles that’s guaranteed to please

Keith Smith on Moko Jumbies, by Stefan Falke

Judy Raymond on Magic Seeds, by V.S. Naipaul

Anu Lakhan on A Scuffling of Islands, by Gordon Rohlehr, originally published in the Caribbean Review of Books

The steel pan and orchestras of steelbands (it's a bit of a faux pas to call them steel drums!) are among Trinidad's proudest exports