Being a genuine jazz singer requires a dedicated focus on sincerity, enhanced individuality, and a commitment to honoring tradition. With Code Noir, songstress extraordinaire Carmen Lundy reveals ...

“Le Code Noir,” producer and director Tommye Myrick’s historical drama, starts in just the right place for its epic story. The outdoor historical drama premieres in Congo Square this weekend. That’s ...

Carmen Lundy on her top 10-bowing "Code Noir" after a 15-album career and her work as a visual artist. By Gail Mitchell Jazz vocalist Carmen Lundy is celebrating the highest debut in her 15-album ...

Code Noir was the law that codified slavery during the French Colonial period on isle de France (Mauritius). The story relates the unfathomable pain of a mother when her child born with fairer ...

The first time is a charm for Canadian poet Canisia Lubrin, whose debut novel, Code Noir, has earned her the 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. The English-language literary award, named in honour ...

Welcome to the latest instalment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival. Son of ...

Few young rappers have the ability to convincingly say what they mean and mean what they say. Such talent is traditionally reserved for more seasoned lyricists. While most neophytes struggle through ...

Ontario author Canisia Lubrin has won the 2024 Danuta Gleed Literary Award for her debut short story collection Code Noir. The $10,000 award is given out annually to the year's best first collection ...

In almost every piece that’s written about Canisia Lubrin, every review, every feature, every introduction and short bio printed in a festival or conference brochure, she and her work are invariably ...