Brazilian Carnival Queen Deemed “Too Black” To Hold Title After Trolls Spew Hatred Online Posted on February 16, 2016 - By Victoria Uwumarogie ...

Instead, the carnival now primarily appears to cater for white British revellers – despite 44 per cent of London being black and minority ethnic (BAME) people.

Despite the colourful costumes, body positivity, food and fun, Caribbean carnivals were born in response to Black trauma, writes Nadine White. They are celebrations of hard-won liberation and we ...

The krewe of Alla has Black Carnival royalty for the first time in its 93-year history. WDSU sat down with Queen Gian Durand as she talks history, ... Sign up for our Newsletters.

Growing up in the Virgin Islands, Tiphanie Yanique found full expressions of Blackness at Carnival. Now, in the States, she tried to show the same to her children, but COVID-19 had other plans.

As debutante presentations and Carnival balls approached, I knew I needed a pair of white, kid gloves (in addition to a vast reserve of long black dresses.) If you haven't ...

The Binche carnival's cancellation in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic was a "black hole" for the business, Kersten said, adding "we couldn't even imagine a future for the carnival." ...

On Sunday, Adele posted a photo of herself wearing a Jamaican flag bikini top wearing her hair in Bantu knots as a tribute to Notting Hill Carnival. Carnival has been a celebration led by British ...

Elinor Pitot White, this year’s queen of Carnival, has been a lady in waiting for almost two years. In March 2020, she learned during a family vacation in the Bahamas that she had been chosen as ...

“The minute you ticket it and move it, you change it from a carnival into a festival. So it becomes something different. “(You) are being completely ignorant to the under class,” he added, “At these ...