Negative Male Parenting. Part ll
Community news. The absence of a father has a negative effect on the social and emotional development of young girls. Many internalise feelings of rejection that manifests itself in various different patterns of negative behaviour (Kandel, Rosenbaum and Chen, 1994). Furthermore, when they become adults, some women find it hard to develop a healthy relationship […]
KUWTJ fires up Leeds to support Black Films on UK TV
Caribbean news. With members of the audience travelling from Sheffield and other parts of Yorkshire, the Leeds screening of the #KUWTJmovie (by Sankofa Televisual in partnership with the Leeds Black Film Club) was a great success and included a fiery and stimulating Q&A afterwards about #BlackFilm #CaribbeanVisibility and #BlackProgramming on TV in the UK. The […]
Gayle looks forward to his 100th Test
West Indies Cricket. West Indies opener Chris Gayle had a disappointing run for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League-7, scoring just 198 runs in nine innings. He appeared to be troubled by a back spasm and an injury to his right leg. Gayle will now be consulting doctors in Germany about his […]
Maya Angelou – American messenger, Universal message
American news. A remarkable American voice has been stilled, but the entire world is poorer for it. Many of us – including me – never met Maya Angelou, yet her writing and especially her poetry had a profound effect upon us. Maya Angelou put into prose and poetry the emotions felt by ordinary people about […]
Successful KUWTJ heads to Leeds tomorrow
Caribbean news. Yorkshire is about to host the film that was the first Caribbean cinema premiere in Britain for 2014 and the first Barbadian feature film ever to screen in an official UK cinema. “Keeping Up With Joneses: The Movie” is a comedy-thriller based on the popular TV series of the same name. The screening […]
Walsh missed playing in IPL
West Former West Indian pacer Courtney Walsh would have loved to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket tournament that has become a rage in world cricket now attracting players from all countries. “Yes I’d have loved to play in the IPL. It is only four overs and I keep telling people that […]
CEDA Extends the Evaluation Process of DAG
Caribbean news. Caribbean Export Extends the Evaluation Process of the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme Bridgetown, Barbados, May 22, 2014. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) announces the extension for the completion of the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme (DAGS) evaluation process to the Calls for Proposal to June 30, 2014. Caribbean Export published the Calls […]
Another legend departs: Maya Angelou dies at 86
ANOTHER LEGEND BEQUEATHS: America news. The passing of Maya Angelou, civil rights activist, writer and author, has left an indelible hiatus in the cultural integration movement (as we come to know it). Having met her in the 1990s for a newspaper interview, one could not help but be impressed by her sagacity, graciousness, biting wit, […]
Jackie Morrison joins CIBN
Caribbean news. As a small child I always had access to a camera. I have fond childhood memories of being introduced to photography by my parents. Having purchased a digital camera in 2008, I decided to enrol on a photography course, so that I could learn how to use my camera other than in automatic […]
‘More Black programmes needed on British television’
Caribbean news. Samuell Benta has again made the call for more Black programmes to be produced and aired on television stations in Britain. In a clip played during the “Not The One Show” on the London Live TV station in Britain on 27 May 2014, Samuell Benta re-emphasised the need for programming that reflects the […]