Trouble in paradise

Where the real political debates are held

Trinidad is the most ethnically diverse island in the Caribbean, but its increasingly bitter politics divides along racial lines.

It's a tension which politicians seem only too happy to exploit.

Forty years after independence Rosie goldsmith, explores the ambitions and fears of Trinidad's African and Indian communities.

Also: the project which reforms school dropouts by taking them "back to the womb" and how Bin Laden became the carnival hit.

Crossing Continents - trouble in Paradise: Thursday 02 May 2002 on BBC Radio 4 at 11:00 UK

Repeated on Monday 06 May 2002 on BBC Radio 4 at 20:30 UK

Reporter: Rosie Goldsmith
Producer: Keith Morris
Editor: Sue Ellis