We hope you all will find our holiday gift recommendations helpful as you choose the perfect gifts for those special people in your lives.
Black Cake
The Caribbean Heritage Group is pleased to highlight Black Cake, the upcoming sophomore novel by former journalist, Jamerican Charmaine Wilkerson. After a fierce bidding war, Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and Marissa Jo Cerar won the screen rights to this family drama wrapped in a murder mystery, which takes the reader on a spell-binding journey on 3 continents.
Hillary Teeman, Executive Director of Random House’s Ballantine Books, describes “Black Cake” among other things as “The emotional connections infused into this Caribbean dessert of soaked fruits and blackened sugar are at the heart of Black Cake, a soaring saga about a mother’s secrets, a family’s uncertain future and the legacy of what we inherit through our recipes, our pasts, and often our untold stories.”
On a personal note, during her tenure at ABC7 in Los Angeles and before her move to Italy, Charmaine supported the efforts of the Caribbean Heritage group through the Caribbean Heritage Magazine. We are elated to announce that CHO/CHM will be launching a Black Cake recipe contest, with winners to be announced to coincide with the February 1, 2022, release of the novel. Please follow us on our social media platforms and websites for more information.
Black Cake can be preordered at http://www.randomhousebooks.com/books/677183/ or your favorite bookstore.
Call Us What We Carry
What is that one word that means the youngest US presidential inaugural poet who has captured the hearts of many worldwide?
Charming? Smart? Witty? Poise? Graceful? Humble? Nerdy? Funny? Raging Beauty? ( ok, that’s 2). All of the above?
Amanda Gorman’s latest poetry collection, Call Us What We Carry is now available everywhere.
More Family Time
Follow-up from the Grammy-Award Winning Family Time album, Ziggy Marley and family brings, More Family Time. Like Family Time, More Family Time is aimed at children, and the child inside every adult.
Un Corsu à Trinidad
Un Corsu à Trinidad chronicles the life of Joseph Salvatori from Corsica, France to the Americas. With not more than 35 Francs in pocket, in 1910 Salvatori fled Venezuela to Trinidad under gunfire and built a business empire that included the Caribbean’s iconic Salvatori department store.
Ti Gilbé présente l’Histoire de la Martinique
Ti Gilbé présente l’Histoire de la Martinique.
Martinican Ti Gilbé writes the history of Martinique from Arawak to the abolition of Slavery in comic book form.
Mes premières chansons des Antilles
Mes Premières Chansons des Antilles (My First Songs of the West Indies)
Sophie Rohrbach’s collection of Caribbean creole classic songs in a sound book.
Redemptor & Raybearer
New York Times Bestselling author Jordan Ifueko’s African-inspired young adult fantasy, Raybearer. The Series is currently in development at Netflix.
Within These Wicked Walls
Within These Wicked Walls, a young adult Ethiopian-inspired debut fantasy retelling of Jane Eyre by New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blackwood
The Gilded Ones
Fans of the Black Panther will enjoy the bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist young adult fantasy series by Sierra Leone author Namina Forna.
The Merciless Ones
Fans of the Black Panther will enjoy the bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist young adult fantasy series by Sierra Leone author Namina Forna.
Come Drink From My Cup
A collection of poetry written by Damon Chandler; Poet, Actor, Stand-up Comic and US Marine Vietnam War Helicopter Gunner and Airplane Mechanic. The collection is edited and published after his death by his sister, Dr. Juanita Coleman-Merritt.
Love Me As I Am
A memoir from Haitian American model, pop culture icon, entrepreneur, and actress, Garcelle Beauvais.
Rihanna’s Fenty Collection
World-renown entertainer and Barbados newest National Hero, Rihanna’s Fenty Holiday Beauty Collection.
Pat McGarth Labs Collection
Holiday Collection from self-made billionaire Dame Patricia Ann McGrath’s Pat McGrath Labs.
Omi Woods Coin Necklace Collection
When Oprah Winfrey included Omi Woods’ THE CLEOPATRA Coin Necklace, THE LIBERTY Coin Necklace, and THE QUEEN of Sheba Coin Necklace in Oprah’s Favorite Things 2021 holiday gift list, she said, “Ashley Alexis McFarlane created these 18-karat gold vermeil-coin necklaces to pay homage to the African diaspora. There’s Cleopatra, the Queen of Sheba, and one that reimagines the Statue of Liberty as an African American woman.
“They are available for purchase at www.omiwoods.com, and in the Oprah’s Favorite Things gift guide on Amazon at www.amazon.com/Oprah.
Sunny Hostin’s Sun Burst necklace Collection
Lawyer, journalist, and co-host of ABC’s The View, Sunny Hostin’s Sun Burst necklace collection.