Soca Star & Chocolatier Machel Montano
Trinidadian soca star Machel Montano, who owns the Montanos line of chocolate, is adamant about reviving the Caribbean chocolate industry in order to significantly boost the socioeconomic power of small farmers and manufacturers. Caribbean cocoa is typically organic, fair trade, and
Caribbean States Ban Together to End Pollution
Caribbean nations step up for pollution-free future Nine Caribbean nations gathered in Trinidad and Tobago on August 27th to launch the Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) programme in Port of Spain. The event signalled
Walshy Fire Merges Africa & CaribbeaN Musically
Summer 2019 has been a massive one for Walshy Fire - the Jamaican American, producer/DJ, who is the crowd-pleasing, hype-man-extraordinaire for internationally acclaimed Major Lazer. In June, Walshy released his first album, aptly called Abeng - the name of a traditional
Zuri Marley on the Rise
Zipping between New York and LA while building a career as a singer, actress and DJ… That’s the life of Zuri Marley - the granddaughter of Bob Marley, and daughter of Ziggy Marley and lauded Jamaican TV & film producer,
Miracles in Wellness with Sharon Feanny
Sharon Feanny is a trailblazing, veteran wellness expert in Jamaica, and a founding force responsible for making yoga in the country a big deal - running the most robust yoga studio on the island for over a decade. Today, Feanny has
The Caribbean American Podcast
A show on the Carry on Friends podcast moves fluidly between the ‘Queen’s English’, Jamaican patois and the various tones of broken-English from guests from other Caribbean countries. For its New York-based, Jamaica American host Kerry-Ann Reid-Brown, the podcast aims to
Bringing Back Kindness
Envision Kindness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading media positivity, recently concluded their third annual The World is Kind photography contest. Selected as the best photo that embodies kindness, the first place winning photo is called ‘The Caretaker’. Photographer Martin Buzora explains
Shine on Sierra Leone
Just imagine… An African American woman who lives in California and works in the film industry ends up visiting Sierra Leone. She falls in love with the beauty of the people and the place, and learns about the country’s connection to
senegalese, Khoudia Diop
Dark skin is rarely ever celebrated, much less embraced by droves of people. But, maybe things are finally changing… In only a few short days, Khoudia Diop’s Instagram following lept from a humble 300 to a massive 350,000 and climbing. The
The Queen of Calypso
When 79-year-old Calypso Rose spoke to a writer at UK’s Independent in July, she vehemently implored women not to accept the narrative of gender-based violence and victim blaming. “Carnival is to be loose! To be free!” she said. “We have to