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The world doesn't require another “best of” list, so we’re not going to compile one. What we wish to do instead is invite readers to ch...

The French release of “The Forgiven” takes place early January 2019, but a select number of moviegoers got to see the film Dec. 15 when Ame...

Valérie Oka wants to break down the barriers between art and digital technology.  The Ivorian-French artist mixes conventional techniqu...

Reggae music of Jamaica has been inscribed on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, a compilation of the oral and intangible treasure...

By Dimitri Keramitas Little Dilili, the heroine of Michel Ocelot’s new animated film Dilili in Paris , comes all the way from Kanaky (New...

One of the Caribbean’s most acclaimed authors, Maryse Condé of Guadeloupe, has won the “alternative” Nobel Prize for her writing. A...

When Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings were shown in France a few years ago, a visitor overheard a teenager remarking that the artwork see...

“Is that you in the picture, Grandma? And is that Grandpa?” This is a common question when youngsters see a slightly yellowed wedding phot...

By Dimitri Keramitas Don Diego de Zama, a magistrate and officer of the Spanish Crown posted in a remote region of South America, often l...

By Julia Siccardi Gina Athena Ulysse was at the back of the room when her name was announced, and she started her lecture with an unexpec...

Nearly 40 years after her death, Caribbean-British writer Jean Rhys made her presence felt in Paris during an international conference devo...