A novel about the experiences of black immigrants in post-war Britain tonight won the Orange Prize for Fiction.
Topic: Other
The new items published under this topic are as follows.News: Novel About Black Migrants Wins Orange Fiction Prize
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 09:43 PM
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News: America's contempt for the world - Bushwhacked in the Caribbean
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 08:51 PM
On Feb. 29 the legally elected government of Haiti was driven from power by armed force. Its president, after being taken against his will to the Central African Republic, was given refuge in Jamaica.
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News: Caribbean Banana Industry in Trouble
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 05:48 PM
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (AP) - Delegates from farmers to legislators are meeting in St. Vincent starting Tuesday to discuss ways of boosting the struggling Caribbean banana industry and selling more to Europe.
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News: Tragedy over a $10 cover
Friday, May 28, 2004 - 10:02 PM
When the gunman burst into the kitchen of HHMS Nightclub, Leisa Maillard looked straight into his eyes. "You don't have to do this, you know. If you guys want to fight, just fight," the 39-year-old mother of two pleaded. "He has a wife and kids." But the killer pointed his pistol at her: "Shut your blood clot before I kill you," he growled, using a Jamaican insult.
News Source: Toronto Star
When is Prisoner Abuse Racial Violence
Friday, May 28, 2004 - 02:50 PM
My stomach contracts and I feel a deep chill in every pore of my Brown skin when I see the prisoner abuse photos. I know that this is about racism. So why are so many publicly reluctant to say so?
News Source: In House
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Soca: Half Pint And Kevin Lyttle To Perform At CTO Caribbean Fair In New York
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 - 04:50 PM
Two of the Caribbean?s most sensational artistes will light up the stage at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)?s Caribbean Fair at Bowling Green Park in New York on Wednesday, June 2, 2004. The Caribbean Fair is one of several enlivening consumer-focused events that form part of CTO?s annual Caribbean Week in New York City.
News Source: Travel Video Television News
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Reggae: Dedicated to the Iron Lion of reggae
Monday, May 17, 2004 - 03:47 PM
One fan has spent 20 years amassing a huge archive on reggae, writes Richard Jinman. Roger Steffens's wife is a happy woman. She's about to reclaim the six rooms of their Los Angeles house filled by her husband's reggae archive.
News Source: smh.com.au
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Reggae: Survival Dude
Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 10:39 PM
The past few months have delivered a dramatic sequence of events in the life of Beenie Man, whose 24-year career has experienced vertiginous peaks and abysmal valleys.
News Source: Miami New Times
Cricket: Valentine master of his art
Thursday, May 13, 2004 - 01:01 PM
If you were born male in the West Indies in the mid-Fifties, as I was, one had no choice but to be inundated with the names of the Three W's; Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott.
News Source: sport.telegraph
News: Warm Jamaican Welcome Contrasts With U.S. Blockade
Sunday, May 09, 2004 - 02:22 AM
Nearly 500 Haitians fleeing violence and turmoil in their country have made the precarious journey in small, often over-crowded boats across the 160 kms of ocean separating Haiti from Jamaica since a political crisis erupted there in February.
News Source: Axis Of Logic
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