Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man plays Jab in the town of Paraclete in Grenada. (Natasha S. Alford/TheGrio) Grio Green Book: “Playing Jab” at J’ouvert in ...

I arrived at the Carenage — Grenada’s historic waterfront in the capital city — around 4:30 a.m. on J’ouvert morning, ready to “play Jab.” The streets were still cloaked in darkness, but the energy ...

Some tears were of pain. About 11 percent of Africans brought to Grenada as slaves between 1669 and 1808 are believed to have been Sierra Leonean, like my parents, whose direct lineage avoided the ...

Grio Green Book: “Playing Jab” at J’ouvert in Grenada is unlike any other carnival celebration. TheGrio got a front row seat to Spicemas and the Caribbean island to see heritage, Black pride, and ...

It’s a sight that will stop you dead in your tracks. Brown bodies covered in black oil from head to toe. Shining like onyx stones in the sun. Helmets adorned with horns curved upward, sometimes ...