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Apr/May 2021
4 LA SOUFRIERE – CONTINUES TO ERUPT, DISPLACING THOUSANDS, IN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
AFRO TV announces AFROJams a New Live Concert Series kicking off with 6 groundbreaking Haitian artists in celebration of the 218th anniversary of the Haitian Flag AFRO TV has unveiled AFROJams, its new Live Concert Series for the virtual era hosted by renowned singer Sisaundra Lewis from NBC The Voice. The series will kick off Live on May 18, 2021 with performances from 6 groundbreaking and very popular Haitian Artists in celebration of the 218th anniversary of the Haitian Flag: Rutshelle Guillaume, Fatima Altieri, J-Perry, Michael Benjamin, Anie Alèrte and Lynn Betty. AFROJams will bring top performances from popular multicultural Black artists directly into millions of households. In expanding the live concert experience, AFRO TV is creating a powerful new and exclusive platform that will benefit music fans, artists, and brands. Brought to you by Comcast Xfinity and recorded at Afrotainers, AFRO TV owned and operated state of the art television theatre studio located in Orlando FL, the Live Concert Series will feature the premier production quality that our content is known for and offer multicultural Black viewers a new way to complement and enhance their at-home viewing experience via the new Comcast Xfinity Black Experience. “The Live music ecosystem has been massively disrupted since the beginning of the pandemic and artists need to find new ways to connect with their fans and share their art. I believe the AFROJams Series on Xfinity is one of the most innovative ways to do that.” said Yves Bollanga, CEO and Founder of AFRO TV. AFROJams Haiti will broadcast Live on May 18, 2021 at 8:00 PM on AFRO TV (Xfinity Channel 1623) along with Live multicast on Xfinity Black Experience, HAITI HD, Facebook, Youtube and Instagram.
volcano continues to push ash and debris into the atmosphere. Dozens of individuals have been rescued from the northern part of the island after refusing to evacuate previously. Officials are warning anyone still in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the red and orange zones to flee as located in the southern Caribbean, the mountain presents a new danger consists of more than 30 islands and to anyone still in the area. cays, nine of which are inhabited. “The devastating impact of this event At 4,000 feet or 1,220 metres tall, La on thousands of people is Soufrière dominates the largest island undeniable”, said UN Resident of Saint Vincent. Silent since 1979, the Coordinator for Barbados and the volcano began spewing smoke and Eastern Caribbean, Didier Trebucq. rumbling in December, before a fullblown eruption on 9 April. Call to action With over 12,700 evacuees now registered in public shelters and in private homes, close to 20,000 people are expected to be displaced.
A call for international solidarity has been made to provide a lifeline to the most vulnerable people in St. Vincent as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Entire villages have been covered in Barbados, Grenada and Saint Lucia, ash, buildings damaged, schools and which have been hit with severe businesses closed, crops and livestock ashfall. destroyed, and residents left with This crisis comes as St. Vincent and limited access to clean drinking water. the Grenadines is recovering from its Further eruptions have continued in largest COVID-19 surge amid the the weeks following. This has pandemic, the region’s worst Dengue worsened conditions as La Soufrière outbreak in recent history, and a new deadly hurricane season.