PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Makandal Daaga (formerly Geddes Granger), founder of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) which led the Black Power Movement in Trinidad and Tobago in 1970, and former Cultural Ambassador to CARICOM, died here on Monday. He was 80. Colm Imbert, acting Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in offering condolences […]
Thirty-three Jamaican farm workers are back on the job, after a spectacular fire gutted their living quarters at Chary Produce, a fruit and vegetable operation in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, last Thursday, leaving them with just the clothes on their backs. When The Caribbean Camera reached co-owner of Chary Produce, John Chary, he said “no comment,” […]
Jamaica reviewing Diaspora Policy – foreign minister Addressing fellow nationals in Toronto on Saturday, Jamaica’s foreign affairs minister Kamina Johnson-Smith spoke of the need for a “ united Diaspora” that includes “ all members of the community and is galvanised around common interests and objectives.” Johnson-Smith was speaking at a gala and dinner to celebrate […]
By W. Andy Knight Many in Canada’s Caribbean communities may be surprised to learn that between 100 to 120 young men from the Caribbean islands have become foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq. Why would anyone want to leave the islands we consider tropical “paradise “for the “hell-hole” in the territory now occupied by […]
With Connector (Joel Davis), the Toronto Calypso Monarch), donned in a sexy dress singing ‘The Dress ’and up-skirting veteran performer Macomere Fifi last Sunday, it’s time for Eyes to reflect on Dr. Gordon Rohlehr’s : ‘Calypso and Society in pre-independence Trinidad.’ Ent? Methinks enthused Eyesers at the packed Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre were singing from […]
Mrs. Clinton, does Black Lives Matter to you? Dear Mrs. Hillary Clinton, Congratulations to you as by now you would have secured the nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate for President of the United States of America and congratulations too on your selection of Tim Kaine as your “Running-Mate.” I do have some concerns though […]
By H. Ian Jones This year marks the 14th production of Pan Alive since it became a competition at Fort York in 2003, and it promises to be the most exciting yet. On Friday night, Lamport Stadium will be transformed into a musical battle zone as nine steelbands drop bomb after bomb in their effort […]
Last Saturday, Eyes took the opportunity to visit the Rita Cox’s Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection at the Malvern Library in Scarborough and borrowed a book: ‘Carnival Music in Trinidad , Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture.’ The author, Shannon Dudley, first played in a steelband at Oberlin College in Trinidad and Tobago, and then worked as […]
When the Black Daddies Club (BDC) was established in 2007, it lacked a platform to voice its opinions and “share the ‘brotherhood.’ ” Today its voices are ” going places.” Through a partnership with Caribbean Tales, a company committed to building a global community between Canadians and like-minded artists, cultural entrepreneurs and community builders throughout […]
