Andre Villas-Boas has been to the Bahamas before but is eager to return simply because he’s bringing his famed Tottenham Hotspur soccer club to play an exhibition match against Jamaica’s “Reggae Boyz” in the new Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on May 23.
No stranger to number ones and chart-topping singles, Tarrus Riley’s ‘Gimme Likkle One Drop’…
![Am I Related to Basquiat?
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Tracing Your Roots: A reader researching famous ties gets a few pointers for finding Haitian roots from Henry Louis Gates in this article from The Root.
Many of our readers wonder if they have famous kin. This week’s advice is especially useful to people of Haitian descent who are trying to trace their forebears, whether those kin are well-known or simply well-loved.
“Hi, I represent the music rock band the Penelopes. Our band’s lead singer,Axel Basquiat, was born and raised in Paris, but his father (Paul Basquiat) and his grandfather (Vincent Basquiat) are from Haiti. We know the famous artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s family was also from Haiti, and we wonder if there’s any way to research and see if they are related somehow. We are based in London, so we are not too familiar on organizations in Haiti that might be able to help us. Axel has been wondering about this connection all his life, and we thought we can try to help him find it.” —Winnie Lam
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an internationally acclaimed artist known for neo-expressionist paintings steeped in history, social critique and his origins as a graffiti artist. Sadly, he died young, succumbing to a drug overdose in…….[Full article HERE]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/c09db072cee4849a40ae074bbbaffd7c/tumblr_mlx08sML4P1r9bbqfo1_500.jpg)
Am I Related to Basquiat?
(Subscribe to our blogs HERE & HERE)
Tracing Your Roots: A reader researching famous ties gets a few pointers for finding Haitian roots from Henry Louis Gates in this article from The Root.
Many of our readers wonder if they have famous kin. This week’s advice is especially useful to people of Haitian descent who are trying to trace their forebears, whether those kin are well-known or simply well-loved.
“Hi, I represent the music rock band the Penelopes. Our band’s lead singer,Axel Basquiat, was born and raised in Paris, but his father (Paul Basquiat) and his grandfather (Vincent Basquiat) are from Haiti. We know the famous artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s family was also from Haiti, and we wonder if there’s any way to research and see if they are related somehow. We are based in London, so we are not too familiar on organizations in Haiti that might be able to help us. Axel has been wondering about this connection all his life, and we thought we can try to help him find it.” —Winnie Lam
Jean-Michel Basquiat was an internationally acclaimed artist known for neo-expressionist paintings steeped in history, social critique and his origins as a graffiti artist. Sadly, he died young, succumbing to a drug overdose in…….[Full article HERE]
![Britain’s Black-Owned Pubs Cry For Help
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Rising beer tax, higher business rates and changing consumer demands are putting pressure on independent publicans, as Jermaine Haughton writes in this article for The Voice.
WITH THE economy in the trough, rising taxes and plethora of issues facing the pub business, several black publicans have called for creation of an umbrella organisation to represent struggling African Caribbean pubs in Britain.
This, the owners of three independently-run pubs said, would help create coherence and assist in running their businesses smoothly.
Nana Nti, owner of Gold Coast in south London, told The Voice: “Having a body helping African Caribbean pubs specifically would be a very important step.
“There hasn’t been much support locally and it would be useful to have a trusted body to provide feedback on our pub issues.”
Carol Lindsay, manager of north London’s Heritage Inn agreed. “It (an umbrella organisation) would be a very useful option,” she said.
“From what I’ve heard, pubs owned….[Full article HERE]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/12f2e29f1218f253b8a3c2323e5818a8/tumblr_mkxyz5oBPp1r9bbqfo1_500.jpg)
Britain’s Black-Owned Pubs Cry For Help
Rising beer tax, higher business rates and changing consumer demands are putting pressure on independent publicans, as Jermaine Haughton writes in this article for The Voice.
WITH THE economy in the trough, rising taxes and plethora of issues facing the pub business, several black publicans have called for creation of an umbrella organisation to represent struggling African Caribbean pubs in Britain.
This, the owners of three independently-run pubs said, would help create coherence and assist in running their businesses smoothly.
Nana Nti, owner of Gold Coast in south London, told The Voice: “Having a body helping African Caribbean pubs specifically would be a very important step.
“There hasn’t been much support locally and it would be useful to have a trusted body to provide feedback on our pub issues.”
Carol Lindsay, manager of north London’s Heritage Inn agreed. “It (an umbrella organisation) would be a very useful option,” she said.
“From what I’ve heard, pubs owned….[Full article HERE]
Greensleeves Records Presents
CLARKS BOOTY
A RECORD STORE DAY SPECIAL, APRIL 20
VP Records is going to release a very limited edition for Record Store Day :
a picture disc single for Little John’s Clarks Booty
(dye cut in the shape of a Clarks desert boot.
British eight-year-old girl shot dead in Jamaica
An eight-year-old British girl has been shot dead while on a family holiday in Jamaica.
Imani Green, from Balham in south London, was with relatives in a cafe in the north coast town of Duncans on Friday evening when an armed man entered and opened fire following an argument.
Imani, who had been on the island since 27 December, was shot twice – once in the head – and died on the way to hospital.
Three other people injured in the shooting were taken to hospital but are thought to be ………………
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44 knitted flags created by British artists Lucy + Jorge Orta, for the Festival of the World 2012, Southbank Centre London, UK. According to the artists: “As if through the filter of a prism, the flag concentrates all the national colours into the sum of light…. All identities coexist, side by side, hand in hand. The edges blend, symbolising belonging to a larger common identity..”
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