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Now, Caribbean people have a reason to celebrate


Now, Caribbean people have a reason to celebrate
18 Jan 2021
Jacqueline Charles,
Tribune News Service
As the US’s next vice president, Kamala Harris is a person of many firsts: the nation’s first female, first Black, first South Asian American and first Jamaican American to hold the second highest office.
But on Sunday it was Harris’ Caribbean roots that took centre stage, as artists, politicians and other luminaries from Antigua to Barbados to Jamaica feted her historical rise as “America’s first Black Caribbean American” vice president in a virtual celebration ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration.
“We’re here to celebrate,” said Felicia Persaud, a Caribbean activist who lives in Plantation, Florida. “We’re here to remember. We’re here to hope. We’re here to resolve. And most of all, we’re here to dream.” ....

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Kamala Harris' historic rise as first Black, Caribbean American vice president of US is celebrated


Kamala Harris’ historic rise as first Black, Caribbean American vice president of US is celebrated
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at a coronavirus briefing at the Hotel DuPont on Aug. 13, 2020, in Wilmington, Del..
As the U.S.’s next vice president, Kamala Harris is a person of many firsts: the nation’s first female, first Black, first South Asian American and first Jamaican American to hold the second highest office.
But on Sunday it was Harris’ Caribbean roots that took center stage, as artists, politicians and other luminaries from Antigua to Barbados to Jamaica feted her historical rise as “America’s first Black Caribbean American” vice president in a virtual celebration ahead of Wednesday’s inauguration. ....

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Claudette Peters to perform at event in honour of Kamala Harris


Claudette Peters to perform at event in honour of Kamala Harris
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Antigua’s very own soca diva Claudette Peters will join artistes from across the region at a special event to mark the inauguration of the USA’s first black Vice President Kamala Harris.
The virtual January 17 event will feature a host of the Caribbean’s biggest names in music in tribute to Harris’ Jamaican roots.
The show will be broadcast at 7pm on the Facebook, Twitter and YouTube platforms of One Caribbean Television (OCTV), as well as on 102.9FM in Antigua and Barbuda.
And while the ‘Something got a hold on me’ singer was tight-lipped about which songs she will be performing, there was no mistaking her enthusiasm. ....

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