Nelson A. King, Author at Caribbean Life

Promised Sky by Erige Sehiri is a Cannes-selected drama about an Ivorian pastor in Tunisia who builds a surrogate family with migrant women.

Movies

33rd African Film Festival lights up NYC

By Nelson A. King

Singer Richie Stephens performing at one of two sold-out, back-to-back Rhythms of Africa concerts in Florida.

Music

Richie Stephens, JC Lodge, Gem Myers ignite Rhythms of Africa concert

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness, second from right, receives Legacy Award, flanked by Dr. Cyrus McCalla, the Jamaican-born chairman of AFUWI, right; The University of the West Indies (UWI) Chancellor Dr. Dodridge D. Miller, left, and UWI Vice Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, second from left.

News

Holness awarded AFUWI’s prestigious Legacy prize

By Nelson A. King

James Cordice, coordinator of the Vincentian Penn Relays initiative, addresses a reception.

Sports

TSSS absence from Penn Relays sparks disappointment

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke.

HBA, Clarke welcome passage of TPS for Haitians in U.S. House

By Nelson A. King

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Haiti

AGs urge SCOTUS to uphold legal status of Haitian immigrants

By Nelson A. King

Leslie Fields-Cruz.

Movies

Back from the brink: Afropop Season 18 set to premiere

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and recording artist Minna LaFortune.

Music

Minna LaFortune drops ‘My Love, My Love’

By Nelson A. King

U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, second from left, with 'Housing for All' poster, flanked by her Brooklyn District Director Anita Taylor, second from right; Rose Graham, assistant principal in Brooklyn, right; and Claire Patterson-Monah, former executive director of the Brooklyn-based Guyana Cultural Association of New York, Inc., left.

News

Clarke kicks off re-election campaign

By Nelson A. King

Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell eulogizes 'The People's Doctor,’ Roland Purcell, at massive funeral service at the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church on Flatlands Avenue in Canarsie, Brooklyn.

Grenada

PM Mitchell honors Dr. Roland Purcell at packed funeral

By Nelson A. King

New Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to the United States Roland U.C. “Patel” Matthews.

SVG Consulate advances Diaspora engagement

By Nelson A. King

Baroness Valarie Amos, left, and Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards.

Guyana

Outstanding Guyanese to be honored with Congressional Awards

By Nelson A. King

The Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Abel, UMC Long Island West District Superintendent, center, with clergy from the Brooklyn Downtown South Cooperative Parish of the United Methodist Church (UMC), otherwise known as Bold United Soul Seekers (BUSS), at the conclusion of Good Friday Worship Service at St. Mark's UMC in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Religion

BUSS Methodists celebrate ‘Seven Last Words of Christ’

By Nelson A. King

Amlak Redsquare, left, with DJ Baby Ace in the studio.

Music

Amlak Redsquare, DJ Baby Ace ‘Fast N Pray’

By Nelson A. King

Walkathon participants, with Consul General Roland "Patel" Matthews, holding SVG national flag, second from left, in front of the pavilion at Marine Park in Brooklyn.

11th Annual Walkathon for Vincentian athletes at Penn Relays

By Nelson A. King

Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers Inaugural Address on Jan. 1, 2026.

Mamdani pushes equity agenda in first 100 days

By Nelson A. King

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