Guadeloupe

Melissa Banigan

Pilgrimage to the Past

Read an excerpt of my six-page feature in Issue 47 of ZiNG Magazine (Liat's Airline's inflight magazine) about visiting sites in...

Melissa Banigan

An Island Where Rocks Have Faces

First published March 22, 2017 in BBC Travel Petroglyphs found throughout Guadeloupe’s rainforest provide a window into the island’s...

Melissa Banigan

Guadeloupe: These tiny islands are the French Caribbean's greatest secret

First published by CNN (April 23rd, 2018) Le Gosier, Guadeloupe — Seen from above, the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe look like...

Melissa Banigan

Boudin: A Story of Sausage, Slavery, and Rebellion in the Caribbean

This story first appeared in NPR's food section, The Salt. The making of boudin is a visceral, bloody and time-consuming process in the...