Archive – Caribbean Life

Dexta Daps.

Music

Dancehall star Dexta Daps bringing ‘Champagne Tour’ to Newark June 12

By Nelson A. King

Models wearing colorful designs from AJYI Variety Store during a June 4 Afro-Caribbean fashion show on the Dorothy L. Goosby Plaza in celebration of Caribbean Heritage at Hempstead Town Hall. Other colorfully dressed audience members look on.

Hempstead brings cultural pride to Caribbean American Heritage Month observance

By Tangerine Clarke

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the New York Public Library (NYPL).

Schomburg Center to host festival celebrating 100 years next weekend

By Milette Millington

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a memorandum in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2026.

Caribbean advocates hail court rejection of Trump’s ‘unlawful’ immigration restrictions

By Nelson A. King

Sean Paul recently attracted thousands of fans at his highly successful “Timeless Tour."

Music

Sean Paul’s ‘Timeless Tour’ demonstrates global demand for dancehall

By Nelson A. King

The entrance into the Sangster's International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, after Hurricane Melissa.

Hurricane Relief

Calls for Caribbean to prepare for storms despite forecasts of below-normal hurricane season

By Nelson A. King

The London skyline is seen with the financial district in the background, in London, Britain, March 25, 2026.

Sports

ICC women’s T20 World Cup launches in style in London

By Devika Ragoonanan

Residents walk along a street while fleeing their homes in Cite Soleil after rival gang clashes in Haiti's capital worsened over the weekend, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11, 2026.

Bahamas

Caribbean Roundup: Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and more

By Devika Ragoonanan

"Listen to Me" will be available on the PBS App and PBS.org.

‘Listen to Me’ premieres on Black Public Media’s AfroPoP

By Nelson A. King

A Ugandan worker collects a rubber glove from the airing line during a visit by the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the Mulago National Referral Hospital Isolation Unit, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo Virus, in Mulago suburb, of Kampala, Uganda, June 8, 2026.

Africa

Caribbean steps up preparedness amid Ebola outbreak in Africa

By Nelson A. King

The USS Nimitz.

Jamaica

Jamaica denies support for US attacks against Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Families get a taste of Haiti as Jonathan Pierre Lafleur leads a hands-on pikliz workshop.

Haiti

Taste of Haiti: Jonathan Pierre Lafleur brings Haitian culinary storytelling to NYC families

By Orlande Fleury

Jennifer Johnson-Carroll has been nominated as the next US ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.

Trinidad & Tobago

Black Trinidadian Jennifer Johnson-Carroll nominated as US ambassador to homeland

By Bert Wilkinson

Democratic Assembly candidate Michael Bailey's plan looks to support longtime businesses in Central Brooklyn.

Brooklyn

Assembly candidate Michael Bailey unveils plan to keep Black, Caribbean and immigrant-owned businesses in Central Brooklyn

By Nelson A. King

Leslie Campbell died on May 3 at age 67.

Jamaica

Jamaica Consulate General opens book of condolence for former Minister of State Leslie Campbell

By Nelson A. King

People maintain the grounds in front of the U.S. Capitol building, as construction is done on the National Mall for events related to the United States' 250th anniversary and the Washington Monument rises in the background, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 3, 2026.

Music

‘Brick House’ hit makers say no to White House invite

By Vinette K. Pryce

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