Brenda Emmanus – Black British Theatre Awards Patron
Soca News attended the Black British Theatre Awards (BBTAs) on Sunday...
Nubian Fairies: A Secret Paradise
Multi-award-winning entrepreneur Nefateri Asantewa, whose Black greeting card company was established...
Review: Party Lines. Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain
A book about the rave and clubbing scene might seem an...
UK audiences have a chance to see Saint Lucian movie...
British audiences will have a chance to see the award-winning Saint...
Nailah Blackman to debut her first children’s book
Nailah Blackman, soca songstress and granddaughter of the late Ras Shorty...
Only Human – a photographic exploration of community
Aneesa Dawoojee’s black-and-white portraits of martial arts fighters in south London...
Artist showcases St Lucia’s traditional mas in London
This month, Londoners have a chance to see Saint Lucian artist...
Chris Ofili’s Requiem remembers Grenfell fire at Tate Britain
A new work by Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili that opened...
The King of Soca receives maiden international award
Soca and calypso are two of the most iconic and entrenched...
Red Carpet Film Premier Shines a Light on Black Women’s Menopause...
The premier of Dr Yansie Rolston’s Our Menopause was held at...
Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2023
Thirty-six films, 40 screenings and talks, 11 venues and five cities....
Once on this Island
Rosa Guy's My Love, My Love, or, The Peasant Girl (1985)...
Harry Belafonte, 1 March 1927- 25 April 2023
The singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte died on 25 April,...
Professor Carole to launch her newest book at New Beacon
Award-winning Caribbean-American author Carole Boyce Davies who has specialised in writing...
Black History Walks book launch events
There was a full house upstairs at the Prince of Peckham...
Shantaye’s World set to screen in London
Shantaye’s World, a film by Iyanola Pictures, a small Saint Lucian...
Jumbie in Town – searching for the spirits of Trinidad
Have you been bitten by a soucouyant? Did you meet a...
Claudia Jones biopic project gets a boost
She didn’t even reach her half-century, yet Claudia Jones achieved enough...
Machel Montano launches The King of Soca
Machel Montano has launched his eagerly awaited book, The King of...
Karla Cornwall Exhibition closes on 9 July
Karla Cornwall is an abstract expressionistic contemporary artist who specialises in...
The Frontline – the unheard of Notting Hill in their own...
A new book by Ishmahil Blagrove is always a notable event,...
Windrush Caribbean Film Festival 2022 offers a feast of film, in...
Themed From Empire to Commonwealth: Legacies of the Windrush Generation, the...
Machel Montano celebrates 40 years as king of soca
Elizabeth ‘Lady’ Montano has written a biography of her son, entitled...
Haringey’s African Caribbean Cultural Centre seeks funds to reopen
A fundraising appeal has been launched to reopen the African Caribbean...
Get Up, Stand Up!
If you haven’t seen this yet, get yourself down to the...
A Quick Ting On Afrobeats
Billed as the first-ever book on the Afrobeats genre, Christian Adofo’s...
Royal Shakespeare Theatre appoints Melissa Simon Hartman as costume designer
Melissa Simon Hartman has been appointed official costume designer for the...
Maya Cozier’s She Paradise is back
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired the North American rights to Maya...
A Time to Breathe celebrates life with poetry, dance and music
Fighting for breath, half-suffocated by lockdowns, struggling to make voices heard...
Laura Bee – Saint Lucian artist chooses to challenge
Laura Bee is a self-taught Saint Lucian artist who lives and...
