Editor Nicolette Bethel (who also writes at her personal blog) in an interview with Antilles, the blog of the Caribbean Review of Books, described being inspired by online journals based in other parts of the world: 
Mhariri Nicolette Bethel (ambaye pia anaandika katika blogu yake binafsi) alielezea katika mahojiano aliyofanya na Antilles, blogu ya Kikaribea inayopitia vitabu, kwamba alihamasishwa na majarida ya mtandaoni yanayochapishwa kutoka katika pande mbalimbali za dunia: