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While media coverage of the joyous celebrations has often uplifted a certain body type and look, women of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds seek to be represented in the experience. 

The Nation Publishing Co Limited has lost one its stalwarts. Ridley Greene, the soft-spoken, bespectacled editor who also dabbled with anything under the sun musically, passed away on Friday night. He was 77. When contacted, his daughter Adaiah confirmed that he died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after a lengthy illness. Nation Group Chief Executive Officer Noel Wood paid tribute to Greene. “It was with great sadness that I heard …

The Nation Publishing Co Limited has lost one its stalwarts. Ridley Greene, the soft-spoken, bespectacled editor who also dabbled with anything under the sun musically, passed away on Friday night. He was 77. When contacted, his daughter Adaiah confirmed that he died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital after a lengthy illness. Nation Group Chief Executive Officer Noel Wood paid tribute to Greene. “It was with great sadness that I heard …

Treasured carnival traditions derived from Caribbean history now appear at New York’s annual West Indian Labor Day Parade. Labor Day […] The post Caribbean traditions find new life each Labor Day at the West Indian Day Parade appeared first on TheGrio.

So much to do and see during Crop Over festival in Barbados, writes Leah Mahon.