Influence

Silver painted costumed performers at street festival

Wolfgang Kaehler/Alamy

Four purple-painted men holding bamboo poles

Corinne Fergusson/Triniwood Media

Bright orange feathered carnival headdresses

Kampfner Photography/Alamy

Smiling women in vibrant feathered carnival costumes

Jennie Hart/Alamy

Person in pink feathered carnival costume forming heart

John de la Bastide/Alamy

Smiling carnival dancer in purple feathered costume

Wendy Fitzwilliam. John de la Bastide/Alamy

Beaded seashell-adorned carnival hip belt

iStore/Alamy

Smiling woman in turquoise swimsuit at party

Felicia Chang

Three men in suits leading crowd with banner

Michael Mueller/Alamy

Smiling woman in feathered carnival costume

Jennie Hart/Alamy

Smiling carnival performer in blue feathered costume

Crazy Dutch Abroad in Port of Spain

Giant orange puppet at nighttime carnival parade

Chris Anderson

Singer with dreadlocks holding microphone, arms raised

Kees Dieffenthaller

Two singers in white performing under purple lights

Machel Montano and Angela Hunte. Sean Drakes/Alamy

Black-and-white photo: man kisses woman's cheek

Janelle “Penny” Commissiong and Michael Jackson
Photo by Mark Lyndersay via Roger French for Triniwood Media

Vintage 1912 Trinidad string band album cover
Smiling blonde woman with hand on cheek

Marian Marsh. Capital Pictures/Alamy

Vintage 1920s woman wearing cloche hat, fur stole

Jean Fenwick/IMDb

Vintage smiling woman in pearl necklace portrait

Hazel Scott, Rhapsody in Blue. Warner Bros.

Group of costumed characters, man pointing gun

Jayne Seymour, Julius Harris, Geoffrey Holder and Roger Moore in Live and Let Die./ Entertainment Pictures

Person in white fur coat holding a cigar

Antonio Fargas, Starsky and Hutch. Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy

Groom wearing crown embraces bride in pink

Shari Headley and Eddie Murphy, Coming to America. Paramount Pictures

Black-and-white portrait of three women

Brenda Bennett, Denise Matthews and Susan Moonsie. Warner Bros./Alamy

Smiling woman in red gown holding award

Jackée, 227, NBC. Media Punch/Alamy

Three smiling people posing on white backdrop

Alfonso Ribeiro, Will Smith and Tatyana Ali, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. NBC/IFTN/Alamy

Smiling young couple posing closely together

Nia Long and Cuba Gooding Jr., Boyz N The Hood, Columbia Pictures

Smiling man in tuxedo holding Oscar award

Sam Mendes, American Beauty. DreamWorks Pictures. ZUMA/Alamy

Man wearing fur cloak and tribal necklace

Winston Duke, Black Panther. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Smiling woman with platinum blonde straight hair

Nicki Minaj, Barbershop: The Next Cut. Warner Bros. Pictures. PictureLux/Alamy

Person with long dreadlocks, pensive expression

Kingsley Ben-Adir, Bob Marley: One Love. Paramount Pictures/Tough Gong Pictures

Uniformed female officer at police station

Jessica Sula, Malum. Universal Pictures/Alamy