Archive – Caribbean Life

Reggae singer Bob Marley

Music

‘Easy Skanking ’78’ fetes Bob Marley’s 78th in Reggae Month

By Vinette K. Pryce

Book cover of "Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance" by Alvin Hall.

Books

Vacation Time: Where will you stay? Where can you stay?

By Terri Schlichenmeyer

Justice Kenneth Holder.

Jamaica

Serving on the bench continues to be ‘an honor’: Justice Kenneth Holder

By Nelson A. King

Beyonce appears in the audience at the 65th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Movies

Go With The Flo

By Flo Anthony

Prime Minister Phillip Davis

Antigua

Caribbean RoundUp

By Azad Ali

Haiti Soup Joumou

News

Amid crisis, Haitians find solace in an unlikely place: soup

MEGAN JANETSKY

Cuba New Migration

News

Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ

Shirley Chisholm (Rep. N.Y.) announcing her candidacy for the presidency in Brooklyn, New York on Jan. 25, 1972.

Barbados

Black History Month Celebration: Shirley A. Chisholm

By Nelson A. King

foolproof caribbean stew chicken

Caribbean recipes

Foolproof Caribbean Stew Chicken

By Chris De La Rosa

Shaggy performs during a concert Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, in Orlando, Fla.

Music

Music’s biggest night honors Grammy’s best of 2023

By Vinette K Pryce

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News

Where to go for St. Valentine’s Day celebrations

By Tangerine Clarke

Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn.

Brooklyn Democratic Party celebrates Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

Jamaica

Previously deported Jamaican jailed for seven years for drug charges, illegal US re-entry

By Nelson A. King

The University of Guyana bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Letters and the Arts on Black Panther star, Letitia Wright during her whirlwind visit to her homeland.

Guyana

Letitia Wright receives honorary doctorate from UG, takes Guyana by storm

By Tangerine Clarke

Former President of Suriname, Desi Bouterse.

Suriname

State asks for Bouterse’s arrest, imprisonment

By Bert Wilkinson

Ailey II in Alvin Ailey's Revelations.

22-CITY TOUR

By Nelson A. King

More from Around NYC

A coffee table in the Dapper Dan Lounge portion of the Universal Hip Hop Museum’s in June 2022.

New York delegation announces $5M for Universal Hip Hop Museum

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Rep. Santos will have 9/11 ground zero volunteer as guest at State of the Union

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Gillibrand, local pols unveil $18M federal grant to redesign dangerous stretch of Delancey Street

Police officer shot in Brooklyn

BREAKING: Suspected shooter of off-duty officer in custody