CIE Magazine
Issue #1: Creative Industries Exchange
Welcome to the premiere issue of the CIE Magazine. We hand pick articles from across the Caribbean to highlight the quality and diversity of the Caribbean cultural experience. Our first issue features a fascinating glimpse into Garifuna culture, a blending of African and Amerindian still being preserved in pockets across the Caribbean and Central America.
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Wyclef Jean performs at St Lucia Jazz Festival
by Shaun Hutchinson
CASTRIES, St Lucia: Haitian star Wyclef-Jean delivered a show stopping, performance on the final day of this year's St Lucia's 17th Annual Jazz Festival. This is one session that you had to be there to witness. ̷...
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Reggae artists getting back to their roots
NEW YORK, USA(Reuters): A widely held perception among music aficionados is that quality roots reggae passed away with Bob Marley in 1981.
Although no current reggae acts possess Marley's mesmerizing stage presence and his unparalleled ...
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| Film Festivals | Flashpoint Film Festival
The Caribbean's premier film festival has upped and moved into the metropolitan of Kingston from the scenic auspice of The Caves, Negril. Thursday, June 5 – Sunday, June 8 will see the historical and picturesque setting of Port Royal hosting th ...
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| Tribute | Black Stalin to receive honorary Doctorate
A record sixteen persons are to be conferred with honorary doctorates at the UWI graduation ceremonies in October and November this year-six at the Mona Campus and five each at the Cave Hill and St Augustine campuses. A Baroness, an Ashanti Kin ...
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| Tribute | 2009 Panorama Tunes Available Online!
2009 Panorama Tunes Available Online!
The songs that will be featured during this year's Panorama Competition; a prime feature event that takes place every year during Trinidad and Tobago's Carnival celebrations; can now be heard on www.panonthe...
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Caricom supports delegation to UK industry expo
The Caricom Secretariat has come out in full support of a Caribbean Music and Entertainment Trade and Promotion Business Delegation to attend London Calling 2008, the UK’s premier international music business event www.londoncalling2008.com....
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No Ordinary Carnival - St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Vincy Mas is no ordinary Carnival. Packed with historical meaning and cultural pride, it is the most important annual celebration for St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Though a bit remote and off the usual steel drum paths of typical Caribbean islands, these lush and largely undeveloped islands of the southern Caribbean render Vincy Mas even more authentic - a celebration for itself, and not just for tourists. Tourists are warmly invited, however, to join in the festivities and share the fun....
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Textile Art from Jamaica on display for the world
Textile art and painting merge seamlessly to give life to the inner visions of Deanna Tyson. According to her biography, the freelance artist and tutor has been plying her craft across the United Kingdom for a number of years and is currently the artists' coordinator for Cambridge Open Studios....
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Caribbean Culture comes to Wycombe for free
THE tastes and sounds of the Caribbean are coming to High Wycombe next month in a free, outdoor entertainment extravaganza.The Wycombe Community Festival, organised by the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2nd Generation (SV2G), is now in its third year and aims to celebrate the town's diverse range of cultures....
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Farewell to Aime Cesaire, Caribbean literary stalwart
He was a literary giant. His seven volumes of poetry won many international prizes, including the French Grand Prix for poetry. Some of his poems were illustrated by Pablo Picasso and the celebrated Cuban Artist, Wifredo Lam. In addition, Césaire wrote and produced four important plays between 1958 and 1969. Three of these plays were translated into English: A Season in the Congo (1966) about Patrice Lumumba; The Tragedy of King Christophe (1969); and The Tempest (1969) an adaptation of the...
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"First Born"- Guyana's Own Billed for CARIFESTA X Opening
Eleven years ago, a group of eight young men started a harmonious vibe and even held their own solidly minus musical accompaniment. That group, First Born, which now has five vocalists, has emerged as one of Guyana’s leading cultural showpieces on the international performing scene. The group members have been travelling the world promoting their music and receiving much acclaim. Just home from a recent tour, the group is set to entertain thousands with their performance as part of the ope...
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