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CRICKET-Powell believes trust is critical to an unbeaten streak. - Caribbean Times

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rovman Powell says he has gained the trust of his players and believes that has contributed to his unbeaten series run since he was appointed Twenty20 captain last February. The 30-year-old took over the helm of the squad following the sudden resignation of Nicholas Pooran in the wake of the Caribbean […]

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Cicely Tyson is a legendary African American actress. She is known for her remarkable performance in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and The Help, and has been nominated for a BAFTA Award and won two Emmy Awards. She was also nominated for highly prestigious Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award.

Cicely Tyson was born to Theodosia and William Tyson in Harlem. Her father worked as a carpenter and painter and did other odd jobs. Her parents migrated to United States from Nevis in the West Indies. Tyson began her career as a fashion model when an Ebony magazine photographer discovered her. In 1951, she was landed her first acting role on the NBC series Frontiers of Faith. She did a few television series, such as the soap opera The Guiding Light and East Side/West Side, before she took up her first film role. In 1956, she was casted in the film Carib Gold. She was an original cast member in the celebrated non-musical longest running Broadway play The Blacks written by Jean Genet’s. Other cast members included names like Godfrey Cambridge, James Earl Jones and Maya Angelou.

Moreover, she made an appearance alongside with Sammy Davis Jr. in the film A Man Called Adam and in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968). She also played a role in the adaptation of Graham Greene’s work of fiction, The Comedians (1967). Her astounding performance in the critically acclaimed film, Sounder, had her nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other highly acclaimed works include, The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, When No One Would Listen and Roots; King, in which she played Coretta Scott King. For her roles in these series she won several Emmy Awards.

Tyson’s acting career also reflected on all the women and to appreciate her outstanding representation of women in the entertainment industry she received the Women in Film Crystal Award. Besides, she played strong characters such as her role as a civil rights activist and attorney named Carrie Grace Battle in Sweet Justice. In order to render her

Two suspects have robbed a man who tried to deposit a sum of cash at a bank at the Waterfall Mall in Rustenburg, North West.

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[East African] Africa's air transport industry is set to face another grim year with delays to the region's economic recovery, job losses and without the continent's governments urgently providing emergency relief to the entire sector. Governments are also yet to establish a vaccine distribution network, unblock the flow of pledged financial support and systematically implement common Covid-19 testing.

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A new study shows that female rape survivors are 60% more likely to contract HIV within a year or two after their rape than women who have not been raped.

Ramaphosa assured the public that government is doing its utmost to ensure that a vaccine, when available, will be widely distributed to all.

(Reuters) – India will not travel to Zimbabwe for a one-day international series in August due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah said yesterday.

The move follows the BCCI’s decision on Thursday to postpone India’s limited-overs tour to Sri Lanka, which was originally scheduled for later this month.

India, who last visited Zimbabwe for a bilateral series in 2016, were due to play a three-match ODI series.

“The BCCI is determined to take steps towards the resumption of international and domestic cricket,” Shah said in a statement.

England are scheduled to host the first international series since the novel coronavirus outbreak, when they face West Indies in a three-test series without fans in attendance starting on July 8 at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.

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Barbados bärbā´dōz [key], island state (2005 est. pop. 279,300), 166 sq mi (430 sq km), in the West Indies. The capital and largest city is Bridgetown .

BY RICHARD MUPONDE UNSUSPECTING people have reportedly been duped an undisclosed amount of money by imposters who are reportedly abusing the name of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono asking for financial assistance. Gono confirmed the scam and said a number of people have been swindled after they released huge sums of money into a fraudulent account in South Africa from which he disassociated himself and his family. “It has come to my sad attention and family that they are impersonating me and going around asking high-profile and rich individuals, suspected to be my friends, to ‘assist’ me with money deposited into a South African account,” Gono said. “Unfortunately, a few people, some of whom I have never met and do not even know, have been duped into releasing huge sums of money, only to find out soon after that the voice on the other line was fake.” He denied that he had begged for money from friends and associates and urged people to report the imposters to the police. “Please report any such approaches to the nearest police station to ensure that the culprits are apprehended swiftly,” Gono said. He said a South African number, +27 718 396 569, was used by these imposters to dupe people. Gono said a photoshopped picture of him, taken 10 years ago, was being used on the number’s WhatsApp profile picture. The local number currently being used was +263 788 669 246, with “one funny photoshopped profile picture of our chicken business premises”. “The local guy impersonated my first born son, Passion Peter. This ‘governor’ ended all his conversations invoking both the word and name of God, to disguise his real evil standing in society,” Gono said. The former RBZ governor said he has reported the matter to Borrowdale Police Station, and the matter was now being investigated by the CID under ZRP Docket Ref 4597277.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – West Indies batsman Sunil Ambris smashed an unbeaten half-century to power Salt Pond Brokers to a 25-run win over La Soufriere Hikers in the ninth match of the T10 Vincy Premier League here yesterday.

In a battle of the two previously unbeaten teams, Ambris, with scores of five and 29 in his two previous outings in the inaugural tournament, struck a high tempo 75 not out off 40 deliveries as Breakers piled up 132 without loss off their 10 overs.

Sent in at the Arnos Vale Complex, Breakers were propelled by the free-scoring right-handed Ambris who lashed eight fours and four sixes while Kadir Nedd blasted exactly 50 off 22 balls with five fours and three sixes.

In the day’s second encounter, West Indies Emerging Players batsman Gidron Pope’s half-century proved insufficient as Fort Charlotte Strikers defeated Grenadines Divers by 22 runs.

Earlier, opener Asif Hooper top-scored with 59 off 36 balls with half-dozen fours and three sixes to propel Strikers to 114 for three off their allotted overs.

(CWI) Members of the West Indies Test team returned to training yesterday at Kensington Oval.

They were under the guidance of West Indies assistant coach Roddy Estwick, as well as several coaches from the Barbados Cricket Association.

Other players are expected resume training later this week as Cricket West Indies (CWI) continues dialogue with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on the proposed tour which is expected to feature three Test matches.

If the tour has to take place, by the start of June we would need to have the board approval and support by then in order to get the charter flight logistics in place and select the players.

We are in the final stages of discussions with the ECB and they are in the final stages of finalising their plans in order to get the UK Government and ECB board support.”

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): The financial health of Cricket West Indies (CWI) has been described by its president, Ricky Skerritt, as being in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prevented competition in the sport.

Skerritt said that there would have to be some cost-cutting and that a committee set up after a 63-page financial review report by accounting and financial management consulting firm PKF was presented to the board last December would be making recommendations on how to come out of the crisis and thrive financially.

“What this committee will do is to look at that and also look at the emergency situation that this COVID-19 pandemic has thrown us into and recommend what can be done,” Skerritt said.

Skerritt said that the committee is expected to present its report in time for the board’s next quarterly meeting on May 27, “where all we will be dealing with is finances”.

The committee is tasked with assessing the related financial implications for future international tours, regional tournaments, and High-Performance camps with regard to revenue, operating expenses, cash flow, and the rescheduling or cancellation of events.

the original name of Dominica in the West Indies is Wai tukubuli, the name given by the Caribs. it means her tall body and is one of many Carib names which still survives on the island. a leading dance group is known as the Waitukubuli Dancers.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – West Indies captain Jason Holder wants racism to be treated as seriously as doping and match-fixing in cricket, the 28-year-old has said.

Then Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was slapped with a four-match ban last year for a racist remark aimed at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo.

Earlier this month, former West Indies captains Darren Sammy and Chris Gayle said they have experienced racist abuse and threw their weight behind the Black Lives Matters campaign.

Under the anti-racism code of the governing International Cricket Council (ICC), a third breach of the code by a player could lead to a life ban.

England will consider a joint anti-racism protest with West Indies during the three-test series between the sides next month.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) - New Zealand coach Gary Stead has accepted he might lose Kane Williamson for matches later this month with the imminent birth of his first child but the team had no concerns about him taking some time away.

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Between the years of 1500-1884, there was a series of events that happened in African American history. Between the 1500-1600s, there were slave revolts in the West Indies; from 1655-17-38, there was the war between the British and Maroons; in 1750, there was a British free trade in human flesh; in 1755 the American Revolution was brought about; in 1789 the French Revolution came about; and the Revolt of Toussaint LOuverture was held in 1791-1798. Abolition of the slave trade occurred in 1807, and Emancipation in America began in 1863. Imperial colonialism shortly for Africa followed in 1884.

The history of Puerto Ricans of African descent begins with free African men, known as libertos, who accompanied the Spanish Conquistadors in the invasion of the island.[2] The Spaniards enslaved the Taínos (the native inhabitants of the island), many of whom died as a result of new infectious diseases and the Spaniards oppressive colonization efforts. Spains royal government needed laborers and began to rely on slavery to staff their mining and fort-building operations. The Crown authorized importing enslaved West Africans. As a result, the majority of the African peoples who entered Puerto Rico were part of the forced migration of the Atlantic slave trade, and came from many different cultures and peoples of the African continent.

When the gold mines in Puerto Rico were declared depleted, the Spanish Crown no longer considered the island to be a high colonial priority. Its chief ports served primarily as a garrison to support naval vessels. The Spaniards encouraged free people of color from British and French possessions in the Caribbean to emigrate to Puerto Rico, to provide a population base to support the Puerto Rican garrison. The Spanish decree of 1789 allowed slaves to earn or buy their freedom; however, this did little to help their situation. The expansion of sugar cane plantations drove up demand for labor and the slave population increased dramatically as new slaves were imported. Throughout the years, there were many slave revolts in the island. Slaves who were promised their freedom joined the 1868 uprising against Spanish colonial rule in what is known as the Grito de Lares. On March 22, 1873, slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico. The contributions of ethnic Africans to the music, art, language, and heritage have been instrumental in Puerto Rican culture.

When Ponce de León and the Spaniards arrived on the island of Borikén (Puerto Rico), they were greeted by the Cacique Agüeybaná, the supreme leader of the peaceful Taíno tribes on the island. Agüeybaná helped to maintain the peace

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Lafcadio Hearn , also called (from 1895) Koizumi Yakumo (born June 27, 1850, Levkás, Ionian Islands, Greece—died Sept. 26, 1904, Ōkubo, Japan), writer, translator, and teacher who introduced the culture and literature of Japan to the West.

Hearn grew up in Dublin. After a brief and spasmodic education in England and France, he immigrated to the United States at 19. He settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, working at various menial jobs and then on the Trade List, a business weekly. Eventually he became a reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer and later for The Cincinnati Commercial, where he contributed prose poems and scholarly essays on themes unusual for that time, such as life among urban blacks. While in Cincinnati he translated stories from the French writer Théophile Gautier under the title One of Cleopatra’s Nights (1882) and Gustave Flaubert’s Temptation of St. Anthony (published posthumously). In 1877 Hearn went to New Orleans to write a series of articles on Louisiana politics for the Commercial and remained there, writing for the Item (later the Times-Democrat), contributing translations of French authors, original stories and sketches, and adaptations from foreign literature. The latter made up two of his earliest works—Stray Leaves from Strange Literature (1884) and Some Chinese Ghosts (1887). The scope of his articles varied widely; he wrote on Buddhism and Islām and on French and Russian literature. His editorials ranged from scientific topics to articles on anti-Semitism in Russia and France. Chita (1889), an adventure novel about the only survivor of a tidal wave, dates from this time.

From 1887 to 1889, Hearn was in the West Indies on assignment for Harper’s Magazine, which resulted in Two Years in the French West Indies (1890) and his novel Youma (1890), a highly original story of a slave insurrection.

In 1890 Hearn traveled to Japan for Harper’s. He soon broke with the magazine and worked as a schoolteacher in Izumo in northern Japan. There he met Setsuko Koizumi, a Japanese lady of high Samurai