Grammy award-winning singer Rihanna ( Robyn Rihanna Fenty)has been honoured by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations for her philanthropic work to improve cancer treatment in her native Barbados and in support of education projects. Rihanna who has set up a college scholarship program to help students from the Caribbean further their studies […]
Chalkdust delivers his triumphant performance during the 2017 Dimanche Gras show at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Sunday. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -Veteran calypsonian Chalkdust (Dr. Hollis Liverpool) broke the record which he held with the Mighty Sparrow ( Slinger Francisco) when he won the calypso monarch 2017 competition at the Dimanche Gras show at […]
The Trinidad Calypso Monarch 2017 competition By Carlton Joseph The ladies dominated Dimanche Gras 2017 and although Chalkdust won the Calypso Monarch title, the evening was a statement of the power of the female calypsonians, their consciousness, artistic development and overall rise in a once male-dominated genre. Interesting that this rise seems to be in […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Rondell Donowa, a 30-year old attorney, is one of the 15 finalists who will be vying for the crown in the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Monarch competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah here on Sunday. Donowa who hails from South Trinidad, said that being in the final was the fulfilment […]
By Michael Lashley I do not propose to encourage any stereotyping of Black people as mostly skilled in sports, the arts and especially in music. My sole intention is to talk about a number of persons in the so-called racial and ethnic categories outlined below, who gladden my heart and nourish my soul with their […]
SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad – Veteran chutney artiste Omardath Maharaj has captured his first Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) title, tying with three-time winner Ravi B to dethrone defending champion Kris Persad (KI). The 22nd CSM competition was held on Saturday night at Skinner Park with 20 performances by singers in two categories- the Chutney Soca Monarch […]
A CACHE of lost Bob Marley recordings has been discovered after lying for more than 40 years in a damp, London hotel basement. According to The Guardian, the 13 reel-to-reel, analogue master tapes were discovered in cardboard box files in a run-down hotel in Kensal Rise, north-west London, the modest lodgings where Bob Marley and […]
The Festival Management Committee (FMC) which has been running the Toronto Caribbean carnival for the last ten years, has confirmed that it will be will be putting on the 2017 carnival. Chris Alexander, the FMC’s Chief Operating Officer told the Caribbean Camera that his organization is moving ahead with plans for the carnival next summer. […]
By Ian Jones Pan Arts Network’s 20th anniversary celebration last Saturday night of “Snowflakes in steel ” was an occasion that will be long remembered. Four leading Toronto ensembles – Panatics Steelband Network, Gemini Pan Groove, Pan Fantasy and Afropan -got together to give a capacity audience at the Chinese Cultural Centre in Scarborough a […]
By Ian Xun Hidden Figures is an incredibly inspiring film that you and your children should see before it exits the theatres. It is a triumphant story about the genius and foresight of black women that went untold for far too long. The film is set in the early 60s, and chronicles the critical work […]
