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Coming right after its World Premiere in Los Angeles at the Pan-African Film Festival, this racially-charged movie from the Caribbean which supports the idea that we are all one race will be screened in Cannes Marche Du Film on May ...

Photo above: Dunstan St. Omer after being knighted in April 2010, in St. Lucia, by the Governor General on the advice of Her Majesty the Queen, he was invested with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Order of St. ...

By A. D. McKenzie IPS Correspondent   PARIS, France (IPS) — Against the backdrop of civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland, the fourth annual International Jazz Day was celebrated with events around the world and appeals for peace, unity and dialogue. ...

By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor Since almost 25 years ago, and, in spite of a 40-year-old friendship, the Caribbean’s “King of Comedy”, Oliver Samuels, and award-winning playwright, Basil Dawkins, have not worked together on a play — until now. ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer A Review  TORONTO, Ontario – Ballet Creole, one of Canada’s premier dance companies, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with a production from its past and current creations focused on water – and a surprise. ...

Photo above is of Monty Alexander, centre, and his Harlem-Kingston Express band. By Michael Van Cooten Pride Publisher/Editor Who would have ever thought of mixing and intermingling the swinging beats of American jazz with the sensual, erotic riffs of Jamaican ...

One of Africa’s musical giants and Zimbabwe’s most successful and national treasure, Oliver Mtukudzi, and his band, the Black Spirits, will be in Toronto on Saturday, April 18 for a much-anticipated performance. The concert, which is being staged by Toronto’s ...

Photo above is of Percy Sledge on tour in 1974. Photo courtesy of Gene Pugh. BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad “When a Man Loves a Woman,” has died. He was 74. ...

Photo above courtesy of Comedy Central. NEW YORK, New York – Trevor Noah, a South African political satirist and comedian, has been selected to become the next host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning “The Daily Show,” replacing current host, ...

By Neil Armstrong Pride Contributing Writer Lisa Codrinton’s first play, Cast Iron, nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2006, focused on a Bajan immigrant woman who left Barbados for Winnipeg, Canada contending with the ghosts of her past. ...