Gyasi Mer­rique

Two-time Ca­lyp­so Monarch Lin­da Mc­Cartha Sandy-Lewis, bet­ter known as Ca­lyp­so Rose, was ho­n­oured in New York as the Caribbean Cul­tur­al Cen­tre African Di­as­po­ra In­sti­tute (CC­CA­DI) cel­e­brat­ed its 50th an­niver­sary on Sat­ur­day.

Rose was recog­nised dur­ing the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s Afri-Car­naval event at Josie Robert­son Plaza at Lin­coln Cen­tre, where she joined so­ca star Machel Mon­tano in cel­e­brat­ing decades of con­tri­bu­tions to Caribbean cul­ture and mu­sic.