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Antigua and Barbuda The Heart Bible International University (HBIU) and Seminary, a historically Black institution based in Connecticut, has honored Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda. In a letter to Browne, the academic institution said he was being given the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award and was being made an honorary professor in humanitarianism. In the letter, Chancellor Professor Dr. Donnett Mcintosh and vice chancellor Professor Peter Abraham credited […]

“A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune” by Noliwe Rooks c.2024, Penguin Press                                                 $28.00                                 208 pages   Ten feet tall. Larger than life. Surely, that describes the person in history you most admire. He was a giant among men. Her actions were bigger than anyone could imagine in her time and place. You think about that a lot, and the rest of their story. […]

United Community Centers (UCC) Mas in East New York, Brooklyn will be portraying “A Day at the Circus” for the very first time in competing in the Junior Carnival in the Brooklyn-based West Indian American Day Association’s (WIADCA) Carnival. “I just want to do something fun and whimsical to introduce carnival to our young kids,” Diana Barnes, band leader, designer and executive director at the center, 613 New Lots Ave., […]

A week after Grenada threw a huge party, motorcade and presentation of gifts for three medalists at the just-concluded Paris Olympics, fellow Eastern Caribbean island nation of Dominica on Sunday did likewise for triple jumper Thea La Fond-Gadson who brought the first ever Olympic medal to the Emerald Island. La Fond-Gadson, her husband and coach Aaron as well as other family members rode in a state vehicle and motorcade from […]

Vybz Kartel’s first concert in fourteen years is set for this December 31st at the National Stadium in Kingston. The[Read More...] The post Vybz Kartel First Concert ‘Freedom Street’ At National Stadium, Tickets Info appeared first on Urban Islandz.

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With a son on the Autism Spectrum, Trinidadian-American Nancy Tannis says she has been endeavoring to get autistic kids involved in the West Indian American Carnival in Brooklyn. Tannis, who was born in Brooklyn to Trinidadian parentage, told Caribbean Life on Thursday that she is the mother of two boys, Ian, 14, who is autistic and non-verbal, and Chayse, 8. “As a child growing up, I was very involved with […]

Tropicalfete, last Sunday, for the third year in a row, brought the colorful spirit of the West Indies to the cross-roads of the world, putting thousands of on-lookers, many nationals, into a screaming frenzy at its Pop-Up Caribbean Carnival in Times Square, on Broadway, between W46th & W47th avenues. Alton Aimable, founder, and president of the non-profit, that promote culture as a tool for social transformation, brought popular Trinidad Soca […]