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This Trinidadian national heroine is celebrated for her role in the iconic Caribbean workers’ riots in the 1930s
From picking up cotton at a very early age to see herself through school to becoming a national hero and symbol of resistance, Elma Francois’ story is one that shows the struggle of not only blacks...
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UK’s Cambridge University to look into its role in the transatlantic slave trade
It has taken the University of Cambridge, one of the worlds most coveted schools 400 years to make a very important decision to look into their role and links in the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and the...
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Top Nigerian singer signs Universal Music Group deal, first Afrobeats female star to do so
It has been a silent start to 2019 for singer and songwriter, Tiwa Savage, who has been nicknamed by her fans, the Beyonce of African music or the African music goddess — until the announcement of...
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Jamaica Carnival 2019 was so lit these photos would make you feel the fire
There is never a thing as too many carnivals and Jamaica is making the world feel this statement through its youngest carnival, the Bacchanal Jamaica Carnival. The festival kicked off in February and came...
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Disowned by his preacher father, this Nigerian established the first black music band in the UK
Born Oladipupo Adekoya Campbell into a strict Nigerian family, Ambrose Campbell found himself on a ship during World War 2 working for firemen plying Liverpool and back. His job was to carry coal below...
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The Haitian Voodoo festival that celebrates the revolutionary war and Africa
Every year, pilgrims from all over Haiti travel for the festival known as the Plaine du Nord Festival. Among the locals who speak Haitian Kreyol, the festival is known as the Plen Dino Festival and usually...
