I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
By Jane Landers, Professor of History, Vanderbilt University
Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of enslaved Africans...
The tech investment wave has reached Latin America
So the Tech Wave has hit Latin America, but "somehow" skipped right over Caribbean. What can we do to prevent this from happening or continue to happen?
When people talk about the war against white supremacy, they always talk about AAs & Africa. I mean, rightfully so. AAs have had the most vocal/significant movements for black empowerment, and Africa is the world's breadbasket. But, no one ever brings up the West Indies. 43 million people on...
Operation Red Dog was the code name of a 1981 military filibustering plot by Canadianand American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica, where they planned to restore former Prime Minister Patrick John to power. The...
:shaqooh:It's time for Carnival
big up @JulesWinfield and all my Caribbean posters and Caribbean music loving posters.
its time for an official soca thread
please post your favorite joints, videos, dances, memories, history, etc.
for those who don't know:
Harry Belafonte (r) with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King at the March on Montgomery, 1965.
Harry Belafonte has been a household name across the United States and around much of the world for seventy years. He’s ninety now—and his legendary resonant voice is a bit harder to...
In reponse to the folks who said that the DACA issue ain't our problem
@ridedolo @JudgeJoeGorilla @Gravity @DatLBCGuy562 and a whole bunch of other guys
As I was casually clicking on YouTube videos out of pure boredom, I just so happen to stumble upon this video basically this Jamaican woman is cosigning what Umar was saying about how the Chinese are colonizing the island for themselves and, there seems to be many Jamaicans agreeing with her in...
Modern African music is highly influenced and based upon cultural innovations from Afro-descendants in the Americas. This thread is dedicated to exploring those connections and highlighting the music in Africa that makes us smile, tap our feet and move while appreciating that the Afro-Atlantic...
Trini, Lucians or Bajans :unsure:
African rich chicks, prob daughters of diplomats :drool:
BX or BK Latinas :unsure:
New York sistahs :smile:
London cockney sistahs :no:
London posh ones :wub:
Houston :yes:
LA :wub:
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#JaColi
:demonic:
I think its about time we all came out the shadows and took the locker room over for the better.
2016 belongs to the Yard Man!
@Sukairain
@MikeyC
@Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic
@prince_peoples
@BushidoBrown
@Lion-INI-spear222
@Kilimanjaro
@Gorgonite
@yardman
@wusgood
@Pegasus...
I've been getting a lot of messages lately with people surprised that I live in the Caribbean, because they were assuming they were the only one that lives down here on this!
@OvOxO suggesting doing a Coli caribbean meet-up.
I definitely think it's doable considering there's so few of us on...
’Whitening’ the children: a desire of many Cuban families
Iván's File Cabinet
An English Translation of: La Carpeta De Iván, from Havana, Cuba
’Whitening’ the children: a desire of many Cuban families
Posted by Iván García
Racism in Cuba is far from being left behind. Forget the official...
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