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Singer Nesta Nelson (c) and her dancers, moments after she won the recent Dancehall Monarch competition in Georgetown, Guyana.

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Singer Nesta Nelson creates history as Guyana’s first female dancehall monarch

By Nelson A. King

Sis. Joycelyn King leads United Women of Faith at Fenimore Street United Methodist Church, with organist, pianist, keyboardist Joseph Roberts in foreground.

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FSUMC celebrates Black History Month on Heritage Sunday

By Nelson A. King

Former Third World drummer Willie Stewart on stage.

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‘Have a Little Faith’: Former Third World drummer Willie Stewart

By Nelson A. King

Beres Hammond performing in Westbury, NY in 2022.

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Beres Hammond headlines ‘Reggae Meets Soul’ Mother’s Day celebration

By Nelson A. King

Murad Awawdeh, NYIC's executive director.

Advocacy groups welcome Mamdani’s initiatives to protect Caribbean immigrants

By Nelson A. King

Jamaican-born, Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and recording artist Minna LaFortune.

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Minna LaFortune celebrates ‘African Women’

By Nelson A. King

Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson addressing the Black History Month event.

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Gibson hosts annual Black History Month celebration

By Nelson A. King

New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce criminal justice reform in New York City, U.S., May 21, 2021.

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James wins major victory against Trump’s tariffs

By Nelson A. King

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn.

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Modernizing SUNY Downstate Hospital

By Nelson A. King

FILE PHOTO: Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks at a rally calling for an end to predatory lending practices and home foreclosures held outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 10, 2007.

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Caribbean community, pols pay tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson

By Nelson A. King

A scene from “Men Of Courage” produced by Byron Hart.

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BPM premieres ‘Men Of Courage’

By Nelson A. King

Album cover of Terry Ganzie’s “Same Africans.”

Music

Terry Ganzie drops ‘Same Africans’ for Black History Month

By Nelson A. King

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Terri Lyons crowned 2026 T&T National Calypso Monarch

By Nelson A. King

Poster promoting St. Thomas Carnival 2026.

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USVI announces dates for 2026 St. Thomas Carnival

By Nelson A. King

Kacy Rankine, CEO of RoadBlock Radio.

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RoadBlock Radio CEO hails Keznamdi GRAMMY as ‘Giant Victory for Reggae’

By Nelson A. King

Walter T. Mosely, Lenny Singletary and Mae Thomas.

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Brooklyn civic leader Mae Thomas, 108, remembered as Bed-Stuy mainstay

By Nelson A. King

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