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According to CNN, Nina Davuluri is the second consecutive New York beauty queen to take the Miss America title, but she’s the first Indian-American to wear the national crown. “I was the first Indian Miss New York, and I’m so ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer We have read about slavery, but to see its unspeakable brutality recreated as it is in the film “12 Years a Slave” makes the horrors that our ancestors endured painfully real. The film, which ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica CMC – Jamaica police are investigating whether or not the recent posting on a social website criticizing dancehall artistes may have led to the murder of the former road manager of dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel, who is in ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer South Africa now has a burgeoning film industry, programmer, Rasha Salti, told the audience before the screening of the film “Of Good Report” at the Toronto International Film Festival last week. But it has ...

NEW YORK, New York, CMC – Slinger Francisco, widely regarded as the “Calypso King of the World”, has regained consciousness and is responding to medical treatment at hospital, a statement from his relatives said Tuesday. The Grenada-born Francisco, 78, has ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Mighty Sparrow, whose real name is Slinger Francisco, is in a coma in a hospital in the United States, relatives have confirmed. “The family of Slinger Francisco, The Mighty Sparrow, is sad to ...

By Itah Sadu Pride Guest Writer On August 31, before an audience of thousands, in the city of dreams — in the week ending the 50th anniversary of the “I have A Dream speech” — Toronto’s Pan Fantasy Steelband rolled ...

By Monica Joseph-McIntyre Pride Contributing Writer It’s September and the city is abuzz with anticipation and excitement as movie stars and journalists descend on Toronto for the 38th Toronto International Film Festival. Filmmakers from around the world have brought their ...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Award winning director, Benh Zeitlin, will hold talks with officials of the Montserrat Development Corporation (MDC) on the possibility of filming on the volcano ravaged British Overseas Territory. Zeitlin will be on the island for the ...

By Amy Fallon KAMPALA
 (IPS) – For four years Isaac Godfrey Nabwana made and sold bricks in Kampala’s Wakalinga slum. But now, thanks to his labours, he is building what he hopes will become Uganda’s answer to Nollywood. “I was selling bricks and ...