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I learned about slavery from Hollywood. Why is French cinema so slow to depict our own colonial crimes?
The Guardian
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July 1, 2025
France’s involvement in the transatlantic slave trade was historically among the most significant in Europe. After Britain, France had the second biggest colonial empire. We know that 1.38 million people were deported in at least 4,220 documented...
Grenada targets Guyanese travelers with strategic tourism mission in Georgetown
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 1, 2025
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), alongside airline and hotel partners, wrapped up a successful marketing mission in Guyana aimed at boosting Grenada’s appeal as a preferred destination for Guyanese travelers. The initiative is part of GTA’s...
New Flight to Connect Atlanta to Another Eastern Caribbean Escape in December
Global Atlanta - Georgia
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June 30, 2025
A new nonstop flight starting Dec. 20 is set to connect Atlanta with yet another Caribbean island aiming to deepen cultural connections with the city while drawing tourist traffic via Delta Air Lines Inc. The island of Grenada in early June...
GTA leads strategic marketing mission to Guyana
Now Grenada
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June 30, 2025
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA), in collaboration with a delegation of airline and hotel partners, recently concluded a successful promotional mission to Guyana aimed at strengthening tourism ties and positioning Grenada as a top-tier...
Legendary Producer Paul Libin Dies at 94
BroadwayWorld
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Paul Libin, a towering figure in the American theater whose near seven-decade career included producing more than 250 Broadway, Off Broadway and touring productions, leading Circle in the Square Theatre for 62 years, serving as Executive Vice...
MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – June 30, 2025
I News Cayman
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June 30, 2025
The MPE Caribbean Report Newsletter offers travel, tourism, Caribbean and global news weekly. To share stories, information or intelligence, contact us at [email protected]. June 30, 2025 CTO, Caribbean destinations spotlighted at American...
The 6 Most Underrated Caribbean Beach Towns You Need to Visit
Matador Network
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Most travelers land here with the same idea: find a stretch of sand, park up at a beach club, order something cold, and leave winter behind for a week. And while there’s nothing wrong with that, the beaches in the brochures tend to be crowded,...
Discourse on French Colonialism in the 21st Century
Africa is a country
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Martinican author Aimé Césaire—long revered as one of the early founders of France’s Négritude movement, cultivating Black consciousness alongside Léopold Senghor and the Nardal sisters—has long been canonized in historical memory as one of the...
Exporting the Convict Clause: Slaves of the State in the Canal Zone
JSTOR Daily
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June 30, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States in 1865. There was, however, a fateful exception: slavery or involuntary...
Zuo Modern debuts lifestyle-focused outdoor seating & lounging line
Furniture Today - North Carolina
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June 4, 2025
The Kime daybed is filled with expanded poly beans that are both antimicrobial and weather-resistant. (Image courtesy of Zuo Modern) OAKLAND, Calif. — Zuo Modern has rolled out a new lineup of patio furniture designed with lifestyle in mind. The...
Raj Bhavan hosts Miss World 2025 winners as Telangana celebrates Formation Day with cultural splendour
The Hindu
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June 2, 2025
Miss World 2025 Opal Suchata Chuangsri and the continental winners along with Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Varma, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and other ministers at Raj Bhavan on Telangana Formation Day. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement...
Who Is Elina Svitolina Dating? Relationship & Love Timeline
OtakuKart
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June 27, 2025
Elina Svitolina, the Ukrainian tennis sensation and former world No. 3, has captured hearts both on and off the tennis court. While fans frequently search for details about “who is Elina Svitolina dating,” the answer reveals one of tennis’s most...
Ghana’s Kuwabong wins presidents award at St. Martin book fair
St. Vincent Times
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June 29, 2025
Ghana’s Dannabang Kuwabong and Trinidad’s Pink Panther Win Presidents’ Award at St. Martin Book Fair 2025 Professor Dannabang Kuwabong, and kaisonian Eric “Pink Panther” Taylor, received the Presidents’ Award at the 22nd edition of the St. Martin...
Ready, set, geek: 5 shows to binge before Comic-Con hits
KPBS - California
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June 28, 2025
The geeks are coming back to San Diego for Comic-Con 2025. Downtown will soon be packed with cosplayers, fans and a full lineup of pop-up events in a massive celebration of geek culture. Everyone can get in on the fun — whether you're planning to...
Today In Black History: June 26th
The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint - California
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June 26, 2025
1913 – Aimé Césaire Is Born Aimé Césaire, born June 26, 1913, in Martinique, was a celebrated poet, politician, and co-founder of the Negritude movement. Educated in Paris, he met Léopold Sédar Senghor and Léon Damas, launching the journal...
Reflections from the UN Oceans Conference 2025
CIVICUS
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Geneva 26 June 2025 CIVICUS works to facilitate the meaningful participation of civil society in global decision-making spaces. Most recently, we supported Laurent Cypria, an activist from Martinique, to attend the 2025 UN Oceans Conference in...
Why Puducherry's French citizens are returning to the seaside town
Mint
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June 27, 2025
It was more than FOMO, this is where she wanted to be, “un choix éclairé", an informed choice, as she calls it. With her plans in place, she broke the news to her parents at a café. “My father stood up and walked away," she says. No one they knew...
Renewed commitment to people-centered development!
The Grenadian Voice
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June 26, 2025
In the third year of the administration led by Prime Minister the Honourable Dickon Mitchell, it is said in many circles that the Government of Grenada continues to make significant strides in its transformational agenda that it launched with,...
Simone Biles Finds Quiet Reminder of Her Tour’s Impact After Riley Gaines Storm and Twitter Exit
Essentially Sports
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June 26, 2025
When the world turned its attention to the fury over Riley Gaines’ public criticism against Simone Biles and the chaos it stirred across the digital sphere, few noticed what unfolded quietly, in the margins. It happened far from the microphone, on...
West Indies Cricket Returns to Grenada in 2025
South Florida Caribbean News
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June 27, 2025
St. George, Grenada – Grenada is poised to welcome the return of international cricket in grand style, as the island prepares to host the highly anticipated Test Match between the West Indies and Australia from July 3 to 7, 2025, at the National...