''The Caribbean Times'' was a British weekly newspaper that was first published in 1981 by Hansib Publications, a publishing house for Caribbean, African and Asian writers and their communities, founded in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

by Guyanese-born businessman Arif Ali in 1970.

Marika Sherwood Marika Sherwood (born 1937) is a Hungarian-born historian, researcher, educator and author based in England. She is a co-founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association. Biography Sherwood was born in 1937 into a Jewish family living in Budap ...

review of ''Caribbean Publishing in Britain. A Tribute to Arif Ali'' by Asher Hoyles and Martin Hoyles (review no. 1106)
Reviews in History. The newspaper covered news, sport and social developments in the Caribbean, targeting the UK's

West Indian A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). For more than 100 years the words ''West Indian'' specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it ...

and African-Caribbean population. It was "an important anti-racist campaigning organ" and the UK's oldest Black weekly newspaper. Hansib brought out other publications, including the weekly ''Asian Times'' in 1983 and the ''African Times'' in 1984, but in 1997 sold off the newspapers in order to concentrate on producing books. The ''Caribbean Times'' was subsequently published by Ethnic Media Group Ltd, and in 2006 was merged with the ''

New Nation ''New Nation'' was a weekly newspaper published in the UK for the Black British community. Launched in 1996, the newspaper was Britain's Number 1-selling black newspaper. The paper was published every Monday. ''New Nation'' was initially la ...

'', which had launched in 1996. After Ethnic Media Group went into administration in 2009, the rights to ''The Caribbean Times'' and other titles were sold.Owen Amos
"New Nation saved from closure after buyer is found"
, ''Press Gazette'', 25 February 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caribbean Times Afro-Caribbean culture in London Black British culture in London Guyanese diaspora United Kingdom–Caribbean relations National newspapers published in the United Kingdom Black British mass media Weekly newspapers published in the United Kingdom Newspapers established in 1981 1981 establishments in the United Kingdom Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom