Photos courtesy: L’Acadco Tickets Now On Sale At www.touchstonelink.com For This Cultural Celebration NEW YORK, NY – December 22, 2023 – L’Acadco – A United Caribbean Dance Force, Jamaica’s leading contemporary dance company, makes its return to New York City after a 20-year absence, for a special gala performance at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at […]
Photos courtesy of Sesame Flyers By Linda Nwoke Listen to Curtis Nelson’s Interview with People, Power & Politics: Sesame Flyers International, Inc., is 40 years old, a milestone that reflects not only the passage of time but also the enduring commitment of its founders to preserving and celebrating the cultural identity of Trinidadian immigrants in […]
Photos courtesy: Sesame Flyers By NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) | October 16, 2023 Listen to our podcast with Commissioner Laurie Cumbo: Brooklyn capital investments are part of over $222 Million in capital funding from the Mayor, City Council, and Borough Presidents for over 75 cultural groups across the city. Renderings of Sesame Flyers’ […]
By Jamaicans.com | September 20, 2023 One of the things that set apart Jamaican grandmothers is their relentless pursuit to furnish the younger generation with life advice. Your Jamaican granny will tell you how many years and years of experience, trials and errors she has under her belt that allow her to impart invaluable wisdom upon her […]
Professor Carole Boyce-Davis Outstanding Scholarship in African Diaspora Studies Professor Carole Boyce-Davies, is the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters at Cornell University, a professorship named after the 9th and longest serving president of Cornell. Dr Boyce-Davies, who hails from Trinidad and Tobago is author of several books, and former president of the Caribbean […]
By Jeffery D. Long, The Conversation This year Diwali, a popular festival for Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs, will be celebrated on Oct. 24, the Amavasya, or new moon day, of the month of Kartik in the traditional Indian lunar calendar. Devotees across around the world will bring festivities into their homes by lighting earthen […]
By Stephanie Korney, Jamaicans Sharon Lawson, a Jamaican American reporter and anchor of “Good Day Atlanta” on WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, won a 2022 Emmy Award in the Health and Medical News category for her feature story, “Journey to be Fibroids Free.” Upon winning the award, Lawson posted to social media, thanking her husband, Chris […]
April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate by watching an incredible lineup of talented, award-winning poets who, in 2017, celebrated the centennial birthday of the first African American Pulitzer Prize–winning poet, the late Gwendolyn Brooks. WATCH HERE
People think slaveholders "took care" of their slaves out of the goodness of their hearts, rather than out of economic interest...
By Margaret Biser, Vox Up until about a year ago, I worked at a historic site in the South that included an old house and a nearby plantation. My job was to lead tours and tell guests about the people who made plantations possible: the slaves. The site I worked at most frequently had more […]