🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we — at Intersect — would like to introduce our second Artist-in-Residence hailing from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞-𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 (IG: thelightinthecracks)!! 🥳❤️🎉🧵

Mortimo Planno a.k.a. Mortimer Planno (6 Sep 1929 – 5 Mar 2006), key figure in rise of Rastafari; spiritual mentor of #BobMarley, born 95 years ago today, in Cuba. Calmed the turbulent crowd during arrival of Emperor Haile Selassie to #Jamaica in 1966. theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/…

Join us on Tues 15 Oct at Casa de América as we bring an exciting lineup of #CaribbeanAuthors to Madrid: Kevin Jared Hosein, Ingrid Persaud 🇹🇹🇧🇧🇬🇧, Safiya Sinclair, Jason Allen-Paisant, Anthony Vahni Capildeo, and Hannah Lowe. bocaslitfest.com/tour-2024/ Casa de América #bocas2024 #bocasmadrid2024

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📢Book launch reminder📢 Come hang with me tomorrow! Where: Another Story Bookshop @AnothStoryTO When: September 10, 7 pm Register here: eventbrite.ca/e/west-of-west…

Congratulations to CALLALOO contributor Edwidge Danticat on her latest book, WE'RE ALONE, essays traveling from her "childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti." bit.ly/3MGjeZn

NEW JOB CaribOx is looking for a programme officer Deadline: 30 September 2024 jobs.ac.uk/job/DJG490/car…

THE POSSIBILITY OF TENDERNESS, my debut book of literary nonfiction, publishes March 2025 in the UK. Look out for it! penguin.co.uk/books/455724/t…

David Pottinger (13 Sep 1911 - 13 Feb 2007), #Jamaican painter, born 113 years ago today, in #Kingston. Student of Edna Manley; a central figure in the early defining years of #Jamaica’s nationalist movement; for sixty years, “the prime painter of views of downtown Kingston.” -

🪸Beginning in 1 week. ✨Global Equiano. Virtual, global, free✨ Friday 20 September 11am EST: Deborah M Dowell @dem8zSaturday 21 September 11am EST: Dionne Brand 21 September 3pm EST: Lawrence Hill Register here earlycaribbeansociety.org/global-equiano/

🎨 Introducing Wifredo Lam for our next Artist Spotlight! Dive into his groundbreaking work and the incredible impact of his work on modern art today! #WifredoLam #ArtistSpotlight #Art

Explore the legacy of the International Book Fair of Radical Black & Third World Books (1982-1995), a key moment in Black British cultural history. Join Roxy Harris & Linton Kwesi Johnson 17 Oct, 7pm at 198 Contemporary Arts, Railton Road, London. eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-histo…

📢Event📢 Austin Clarke, Black Studies, and Black Diasporic Memory. A two-day conference at McMaster U. (day 1) and Toronto Metropolitan U. (Day 2). Day 1 keynote by In Mourning/In Rage Day 2 closing remarks by David Chariandy Registration details below. eventbrite.com/e/austin-clark…

What does it mean to leave a legacy? 🌟 Join us Sept 26-27 at McMaster and TMU to explore the archives of Austin Clarke, one of Canada's literary icons, and celebrate his impact on Black Studies and diasporic memory. ✨ #AustinClarke #BlackExcellence

Bocas Lit Fest’s founder Marina Salandy-Brown and festival and programme director Nicholas Laughlin are at San Andres Book Fair, #SanAndrés #BookFair, where T&T has been welcomed as a guest country. For more about #FILSAI2024's vibrant programme visit filsai.org #bocas2024

Today, we’re revisiting Dr. Jacinth Browne-Howard’s (IG: thelightinthecracks) first piece as our Artist-in-Residence — “Babel and Babylon: Confronting Systems of Silence and Violence represented in novels by Cherie Jones and Kei Miller” 🔗 Read it here: bit.ly/4dZsLXi

Anniversary collections, classic SHAKE KEANE, first reissue in over 70 years—watch for it! “The two poetry sequences ... have in common the poetic representation of upheaval and turbulence of different types ….” — Philip Nanton, UWI – Cave Hill | HNP houseofnehesipublish.com

BCA proudly presents the exhibition 'Race Today: Black History is British History', opening on 4th October. This exhibition explores the rich history of the Race Today journals, with a focus on the 1970s and 1980s. #BlackCulturalArchives #RaceToday #Exhibition

📅 On this day in history: September 19th 🇰🇳 👏 Celebrating St. Kitts and Nevis’ independence 👏 📜 On September 19th, 1983, St. Kitts and Nevis gained their independence from Britain. Swipe to learn more! #caribbean #stkittsandnevis #independence #history

✨We begin at 9.30 EST TODAY! Join us for free 👇🏾 11am today Prof Deborah McDowell 12.15 Marlon Simmons 1pm Shruti Jain and Kaushik Tekur on Digital Equiano and more!! Join us for free by reigstering here earlycaribbeansociety.org/global-equiano/