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Junior Calypso Monarch Finalists Named for Tobago Carnival 2025 

After auditions on Tuesday 16 September, ten (10) young performers have been selected as finalists in the Tobago Junior Calypso Monarch competition. The finals will …
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Black History Walks book launch events

There was a full house upstairs at the Prince of Peckham (a Black-owned pub) for the first of a series of launch events for...
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Culture B crowned Tobago’s star of Soca

Culture B (Roston Simon), a veteran Tobagonian soca musician, was crowned winner of the inaugural edition of the Stars of Soca competition, which was...
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Are you a star baker in the making?

The Great British Bake Off is seeking home bakers to enter the iconic white tent and pit their baking skills against 11 other passionate...
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Lawyers slam ‘grossly negligent’ firms involved in Grenfell Tower fire

Arconic, Celotex, Exova, Harley Facades, Kingspan, Rydon, Studio E. The names may not mean much to most of us but, according to lawyers summing...
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Shantaye’s World set to screen in London

Shantaye’s World, a film by Iyanola Pictures, a small Saint Lucian film company will premiere at an invitation-only viewing this Saturday 12 November, with...
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Samara Telesford is crowned Miss Caribbean UK 2022

The curtains closed on the Miss Caribbean UK beauty pageant on Saturday 29 October at the Shaw Theatre, London. Out of the eight finalists who...
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St. Kitts Music Festival a look back at 2022

The St Kitts Music Festival returned in June after two years of coronavirus-mandated absence. From the first note, it was as though the festival...
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Happy 44th Independence Dominica

The nature island of Dominica’s Independence theme for 2022 is One Dominica, One People, One Vision as it celebrates 44 years of independence today. On...
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Rum Cake is a TV Winner

Partners Colin Harrison and Paulette Griffiths made some UK Black history of their very own when they won a life-changing contract to supply their...
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Antigua and Barbuda marks its 41st year of Independence

Antigua and Barbuda marks its 41st year of independence today Tuesday 1 November 2022.On this day in 1981 – now the National Day of...
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Black history – DNA sheds light on England’s Africans

The girl was only 10 or 11 years old when she died in the small village of Eastry, Kent. She was buried with a...
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Your journey into black history starts at Kew

We’re almost at the end of Black History Month already, but black history doesn’t end on 31 October each year. As the nights get...
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Miss Caribbean UK 2022 grand finale is on

The crowning of the Miss Caribbean UK, a beauty pageant that was founded eight years ago to promote Caribbean heritage in the UK, is...
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Catch Grenada’s rising star Sabrina Francis in Cambridge

Grenadian singer-songwriter Sabrina Francis is flying in from the Caribbean to perform at popular Cambridge venue The Portland Arms, 129 Chesterton Road CB4 3BA. Backed...
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After near-death fright, Sparrow sees the light

Veteran calypsonian Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) was baptised at Far Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York on 4 September, causing something of a stir...
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Tobago Carnival flaunts its differences

The island of Tobago has always been a place apart, and this month it is proudly highlighting its differences as it launches into the...
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Bocas Lit fest – Caribbean Writers tour Britain

In times past, British writers would occasionally visit the Caribbean to share their wisdom with students and readers. A few, like James Bond creator...
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Jumbie in Town – searching for the spirits of Trinidad

Have you been bitten by a soucouyant? Did you meet a largahoo while coming home late one night? Does Papa Bois spoil your shot...
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Calypso Rose: ‘I am alive and in good health’

The news was worrying: Calypso Rose was in poor health and confined to bed. As she is now 82 years old, it was natural...
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Keeping up with Machel Montano

It  has been a busy year for Machel Montano – and it’s not over yet! Following the launch of his King of Soca book...
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Sainsbury’s recipes for Black History Month 

High street supermarket giant Sainsbury’s contribution to Black History Month was to ask its African and Caribbean staff to share some of their favourite...
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Black History Month: Time for Change: Action Not Words

From the days of the slave trade through to modern times, black people have endured segregation and have had their rights undermined, in contrast...
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The Explainer dies at the age of 74

Trinidad soca legend Explainer (Winston Henry) has passed at the age of 74. He has given us a timeless soca classic, Lorraine. It’s a...
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Kaiso Lime season finale marks the beginning of Black History Month

On Saturday 1 October, Black History Month dominated Kaiso Lime’s last event for the season. Kaiso Lime’s host and performer, Tobago Crusoe, set the tone...
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Triniboi Joocie makes it through to the Callbacks round of The...

Triniboi Joocie (Rodell Sorzano) - a former Soca News UK Soca Monarch - has made it through to the Callbacks Round of the Voice...
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RumFest returns to Earls Court

The world’s longest-running rum festival will revert to its more familiar format this year after two years of forced adaptation caused by the pandemic....
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UCOM presents AVES Birds of the Tropics for Notting Hill Carnival...

United Colours of Mas – better known as UCOM – has announced the date for its virtual launch of its 2023 Notting Hill Carnival...
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EMCCAN appoints a new chief executive

East Midlands Caribbean Carnival Arts Network (EMCCAN) has appointed Donna Briscoe-Greene as its new chief executive. Donna is a Derby-based manager, artist and social entrepreneur...
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Trinidadian Designer, Maximilian Davis, Impresses Rihanna and Fashion Lovers in Milan

Trinidadian creative genius, Maximilian Davis, has been known as Rihanna’s favorite designer for over a year and he has just knocked the socks off...
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The Fighting Spirit of South London

The world of martial arts is largely unknown to the majority of Londoners, but a new exhibition by photographer Aneesa Dawoojee – born in...
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