Though the histories of the carnival procession differ across the region, what ties them together are their connections to freedom, emancipation, resistance and satire.

InterCaribbean Airline’s Caicique Magazine

An emblem of rebellion towards colonial rule and order, it is the pinnacle of Black expression and liberation.

iNews

Revelers from across the globe have been making their way to the nation’s capital, Port of Spain, for a long-awaited ancestral celebration that, up until two years ago, had persisted to display the culture and emancipation history of the Caribbean’s twin islands.

Complex

Loyal enthusiasts on what they missed in a year they needed Carnival the most.

The New York Times

Soca has long been the sound of rebellion and imagination and explores how its qualities can be applied to how we approach the future moving forward.

WePresent

We spoke with Keisha Als before she chipped down di Trinidad Carnival road

Nylon

The popular platform says a "mistake" was made by hiding posts made by festival-goers.

Motherboard

Wearing colorful costumes at Caribbean carnivals isn’t just for women — but the gender politics are more complicated than ever

Level

Trinidad has long been the great decider of which singles take off, so how do countries on the periphery stake their claim?

On the A. Side

If the current state of affairs is an indictment on anything, it’s that many people need to either reconsider their careers or simply leave the Caribbean and its people out of the stories they want to tell

Teen Vogue

Representative of a new wave, films “Mada,” “Belonging” and “Home” are among the promising depictions of a future where Caribbean voices are elevated.

Variety

The 20-year-old director talks to Sharine Taylor about walking the tightrope between teen prodigy and award-winning filmmaker.

Kinfolk

Director Maya Cozier and writer Melina Brown explore the nuances of Caribbean womanhood, music and culture in their debut feature.

i-D

In the latest season of 'Luke Cage', the portrayal of the Cinematic Jamaican falls short.

VICE

There’s power in reclaiming your voice, and at the current moment, Caribbean filmmakers are claiming control of how the people of the region are seen and heard.

LargeUp

“I don't think that God gave me this much talent to please one type of audience. Why just do one? I should kill the other sides of myself to please [people]? I cannot do that.

Refinery29

In the latest season of 'Luke Cage', the portrayal of the Cinematic Jamaican falls short.

OkayPlayer

The dancehall innovator discusses his gargantuan new project, FIXTAPE, and the “good energy” he cultivated in his home parish of St. Thomas while recording.

The Fader

On his new album, In Search of Lost Time, the reggae artist takes stock of his remarkable career without sacrificing his desire to lift up the next generation.

The Fader

The dancehall superstar premieres her new video “Cool It,” and the ups and downs of being the 'Queen of Dancehall.'

Noisey

For Puerto Rican choreographer and performance curator Kianí del Valle, dance is both the vehicle and the destination. It is the connective tissue to our ancestors’ way of celebrating and engaging in rituals, while also being a site for people to reimagine the possibilities of their personhood in today’s society.

Friends of Friends

Photographed by Jeano Edwards, these artists are evolving the subgenre and writing lyrics that speak to being young in 2022.

i-D

Learn about its all-women signees from Lila Iké to Sevana.

Nylon

Everything you need to know about one of Jamaica’s most influential musical exports.

Red Bull Music Academy

Though they pay close attention to the changing tides of Caribbean music and culture trends, VP Records’ passion for authentic dancehall and reggae has never waned, and it shows because they are now the world’s largest independent record label.

Complex

Now as women become the most visible, and arguably, the most successful artists in dancehall, they’re speaking candidly about sex.

Bitch Media

To know Kartel is to understand his complexity, so we give you eight entry points to the prolific dancehall artist, whose musical breadth and overall intelligence is often underestimated.

Noisey

Reflections on the intersection of music and transit in Jamaica.

The Fader

The photographer and director’s newest project YAAD is a nod to the culture around music, style and gestures that people of the diaspora engage with and retain in their new geographies.

‘Picha Dis’ is a guest essay part of the fi di gyal dem exhibition.

Toronto-based photographer Jorian Charlton is building on this work of restoring and reimagining how Black life is portrayed.

Maisonneuve

A group of artists are reinforcing the undeniable cultural value of dancehall in Jamaican culture.

Hyperallergic

A new exhibition colours in a pale definition of the region’s history and presence.

Chatelaine

With sculptures rooted in Afrofuturism and African mythology, the Ghanaian-Canadian artist is creating a new iconography.

designlines

A Jamaican literary renaissance is upon us. Read up.In D.C., After Architecture’s Camp Barker Memorial remembers the unforgotten.

Azure

“Hip hop culture was created with modernism as the backdrop,” Michael Ford tells us.

Azure

Dancehall and reggae artists do not need their work to be validated or legitimized by an institution that has failed to bring itself up to speed. The music is valid and worthy because we made it.

Refinery29

Changing a street name is a nice gesture, but Black residents in Toronto and elsewhere need more than commemoration.

Bloomberg: CityLab

No matter how you look at it, DMX was a rap legend. But in the same way that his wins were public, so was his substance usage.

Refinery29

Even when it comes to the so-called rise of our own words, credit often goes to celebrities like Drake or Lilly Singh.

VICE

Even when it comes to the so-called rise of our own words, credit often goes to celebrities like Drake or Lilly Singh.

Noisey

We need a more permissive, expansive sense of what Black writers are allowed [to do].

The Globe & Mail

Jherane Patmore founded an online site that shares stories of people who've had abortions in the Caribbean nation, where there's an ongoing debate about its abortion ban.

Rewire News

Toronto’s Little Jamaica finally gets its literary moment.

Zora

The author of How to Love a Jamaican on love in its various forms, finding belonging and mediating identity between and beyond borders.

Hazlitt

A Jamaican literary renaissance is upon us. Read up.

Shondaland