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DEBBIE JACOB WELCOME TO Carnival 2023, our joyful road to recovery after the 2020 covid19 pandemic that managed to cancel and then scale down our beloved celebration. Carnival 2023 makes a bold statement. We are back, and “No, no, we ent goin’ home,” as Christopher “Tambu” Herbert, co-lead singer of Charlie’s Roots, sang in one
IT WAS no ordinary funeral. Rather, a celebration of the life of a man of God and a man of country, Bishop Kessel Byer preached at the farewell service for calypso great Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste on Thursday at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts in San Fernando. Lusty applause from the congregation was
Leroy Calliste had the most fitting calypso name, Black Stalin, but he was nothing like the ruthless Russian dictator who terrorised his subjects. Black Stalin used his power to celebrate Caribbean history, culture and music. He strived to build unity in the region. He never demanded respect. He was decades ahead of the Black Lives
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. By Rahym Augustin-Joseph On Wednesday December 28th 2022, we learnt of the passing of a quintessential Caribbean Man, Black Stalin, who spent his lifetime epitomising love for this Caribbean civilisation, through calypso. Like many other legendary calypsonians, both past and present, he lived up
DEBBIE JACOB I WAS just off the boat, so to speak, but the late, great journalist Keith Smith decided to throw me in the deep end when I began working at the Trinidad Express. Keith felt my background in anthropology would keep me afloat as a journalist in an unfamiliar culture so when Carnival 1985