Toronto ON-2012 marks Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence, Stolen From Africa celebrates the cultural contributions of  Jamaica and the African diaspora  with a  free multilingual compilation of  Roots Reggae, Hip-Hop and R&B. International representation of  artists include: Tarrus Riley(Jamaica) Nate (London UK) Rich Kidd (Toronto/Ghana) Reema Major (Toronto/Sudan) Awadi(Senegal) JRDN (Halifax)  Ian Kamau...

The Magazine Warscapes is an independent online magazine that provides a lens into current conflicts across the world. Warscapes publishes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, interviews, book and film reviews, photo-essays and retrospectives of war literature from the past fifty years. Warscapes is motivated by a need to move past a void within mainstream culture in the depiction of people and places experiencing staggering violence, and the...

Taken from the Mixtape ‘Wake Up’. Track produced by @ApolloBrown. for downloads and to purchase t-shirts check out www.natemusic.co.uk Follow on Twitter – @NateMusic13 @MrKamara YouTube: NateMusicTV Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NateMusic   Nate will is also featured on  Stolen From Africa Vol2  “Lest We Forget” set to be released as a free download next...

RED BULL in association with LE BELMONT / BOREALE / GOOD FRIDAY ENT / JESSEWALKER.NET / LOOKOUT / SJU present: RAKIM (NYC) ! TICKETS: www.wantickets.com/rakim In 1986, Rakim started to work with New York-based producer-DJ Eric B. The duo—known as Eric B & Rakim—is widely regarded as among the most influential and groundbreaking of hip-hop groups, due in no small part to Rakim’s technical abilities. The duo’s first single,...

  FREE/PWYC Concert With Performances By KINNIE STARR A TRIBE CALLED RED TANIKA CHARLES & THE WONDERFULS FREEDOM WRITERS CHERYL BEAR SKRATCH BASTID IAN KAMAU PLEX YINKA DENE DRUMMERS DJ ARIEL This Tuesday, May 8th, please stand in solidarity with our Indigenous brothers and sisters on the West Coast against the Enbridge Northern Gateway project! This struggle is about the very survival the Yinka Dene and the many other Indigenous...

TORONTO, ON:     Jamaica 50th Celebration, Inc. is hosting a series of lunchtime events called Summer SINTINGS. A Sinting is a happening, a chance to get together, as Jamaicans LOVE to dance and have fun. Summer Sintings are a weekly series of free-to-the-public interactive events around the Greater Toronto Area that bring the fun to YOU! Sintings take place at public parks and squares during lunch hours with Caribbean Food,...