Uptown Concert to help Primary School in Jamaica
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Uptown Concert to help Primary School in Jamaica

  Rosie Awori   On January 26, three of Montreal’s top gospel performers will be lending their voices to help students at Denham Town Primary School in Kingston, Jamaica....

Jamaica, meet Menelik Nesta Gibbons, call him “Don Dada.”
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Jamaica, meet Menelik Nesta Gibbons, call him “Don Dada.”

South African star with multi-platinum record. One of the first artistes on the continent signed by Tuff Gong Distribution   Egbert Gaye   This February, when much of Jamaica...

Festival Queen: Fabienne Colas came, saw and conquered
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Festival Queen: Fabienne Colas came, saw and conquered

BTW’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award 2019 goes to a cultural livewire Egbert Gaye The quotes on her website say it all. “It has taken Fabienne Colas five...

Community stalwart NANCY MACKENZIE to receive BTW’S award
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Community stalwart NANCY MACKENZIE to receive BTW’S award

Novel Thomas In Montreal’s Black community the name Nancy Mackenzie has been spoken of for generations. Those who have met and come to know her speak positively and proudly...

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER COMES TO MONTREAL.
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ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER COMES TO MONTREAL.

Roise AWORI One thing leads to another is a unique composition created by Maja Ardal. Based on the neuroscience of learning; how we learn after we are born. Maja...

Did I have a nice holiday Christmas season, you ask? Opinions

Did I have a nice holiday Christmas season, you ask?

Well… Yes, I did. But that’s old news right now. With a little more than eleven months to go before we do it all over again, that’s truly a...

The troubling relationship between Blacks and police Opinions

The troubling relationship between Blacks and police

An entire community under constant suspicion in the eyes of officers whose perceptions are colored mostly by racism and ignorance…. Accusations of abuse and lingering distrust continue to define...

African Roundup Jan 10, 2019
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African Roundup Jan 10, 2019

GUINEA LEGALISES POLYGAMY According to the new Guinean civil code adopted by parliament on  December 29, 2018; “Marriage can be concluded either under the regime of monogamy; under the...

What’s New? Opinions

What’s New?

Happy and Blessed New Year 2019! Two thousand nineteen is here! A year that will be filled with new adventures, goals, challenges, obstacles and new beginnings with renewed strength...

A Nice New Year’s Fete
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A Nice New Year’s Fete

Mardi Gras at the Hampton Contact Staff It was well after 3 AM on the morning of January 1, when the music subsided at the New Year’s Eve Ball...