MARCH/APRIL 1992
Eve Ferguson
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DA WN/March/Aprill992
CONTENTS m
DAWN'S TRAVEL ISSUE
DAWN'S Island Happenings Pg 4
Dawn Travels
ARUBA Pg 5
TOBAGO Pg 6
JAMAICA . Pg 12
. __ BAHAMA Pg 13
DAWN'S Autos for Traveling Pg 7
DAWN Dishes Pg 8
Celebrity Round-up Pg 11
In the Stars Pg 15
i Di l oirs mi ss \<;i:
? Spring is here*. And the desire to
shake oft the ^leep cTT winter hibernation for sunny climates is the
theme of this special travel edition focusing on Caribbean Islands.
These "Islands in the Sun" are more than vacation destinations, they are
historically significant to the African-American community. The
inhabitants of Aruba, the Bahamas, Tobago and Jamaica are our long
lost cousins who ended up in the sugar plantations of the West Indies
rather than the cotton fields of the American South. In their lives, we
can find a little bit of ourselves; in their futures we can see that of all of
our people of the African Diaspora. So why not take a vacation that
reflects the history of us as African people!
We would like to invite readers of DAWN to write to the editor.
What do you like about DAWN, and what are some things you would
like to see in the future? Your opinions are important to us as we try to
address the needs of the African-American community nationwide.
Write to. Eve Ferguson, Editor ,
DAW^N Magazine, 628 N. Eutaw St^ Baltimore, Md. 21201. Selected
letters will be published in a Letters to the Editor section in upcoming
editions.
Eve M. Ferguson
ON THE COVER:
Scenes from the islands: Red Sail Sports "Balia" Catamaran,
Aruba ? Jamaican children dressed for Carnival (photo by Bill
Smith, courtesy of the Jamaican Tourist Board); A Bahamian
woman with hibiscus from Isles of Eden