B. Nandi Jacob, writer

08/11/2022

Join us virtually at the Bronx Book Fair this Saturday! Lots to talk about ❤️ and share. https://facebook.com/events/s/bronx-book-fair-2022-theme-and/518228406718614/

BRONX BOOK FAIR 2022 WELCOMES JOURNALIST, PLAYWRIGHT, RESEARCHER AND AUDELCO AWARD WINNER BIANCA JACOB (NANDI)

Bianca Jacob (Nandi) is a journalist, playwright and researcher. Her play “Flambeaux” won five Audelco Awards including “Musical Theater Production of the Year” (2015). Her work has been anthologized in several publications including the peer-review journal "Changing English Studies in Reading and Culture (University of London/Taylor and Francis). Nandi is the author of “The True Nanny Diaries” and editor of many.

12/19/2020

Hello! Please join my daughter and me on Saturday, December 19, 2020, at 10a.m. for Workshop Title: Caribbean FORKlore: Every food has a ‘nansi story!

Description: A multigenerational trek through a Brooklyn granny’s recipe tin crammed with food, folklore and the unexpected ties between them. In this workshop participants will discover what’s in the “sacred” recipe tin as mother and daughter take us from the folklore to the “Brooklynization” of some Caribbean foods.

Presenters: Kenya Jacob & B. Nandi Jacob

Join us all day December 19th for a convergence of cultural traditions found along Brooklyn’s 2, 3, 4 & 5 subway lines!

06/29/2020

Sometimes I think that the "The True Nanny Diaries" wrote itself. I felt like witness, not writer, as Ms. Valdi confided that being undocumented was death experienced while standing erect. She roared through my keyboard that you babysit the white kids, and you hang-out with friends as if you belong … HERE. You walk American streets dragging a leaky bag of dreams. Valdi said she didn’t leave her Trinidad privilege for that but there was no backward, or forward. She was dead, unburied while working and laughing. I hardly ever mention my book, actually Valdi’s book but it finds its way around through supporters like Alton who has arranged for the renowned Melissa Noel to interview me tonight at 7p.m. I hope you can join us! Thanks and blessings!

Monday 6/29/2020 8PM we are live again -Tropicalfete Authors Connecting program - Award winning journalist Mellisa Noel with author Nandi Jacob. Nandi’s book is entitled “The True Nanny Diaries” speaks about the plight of domestic workers. The book is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The True Diaries novel is published by Bread for Brick Publishing visit https://tropicalfete.com/readjune2020/ for list of books from Caribbean Authors.

05/08/2020

When would you feel safe sitting in a theatre again? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-artists-culture-impact/

The loss of revenue from live events is only the start of this particular disaster.

03/19/2020

Writers enter the hallowed gate only to discover they are not that far in. How long will it take our creatives to recover? How long will it take any of us to recover? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/theater/lynn-nottage-annie-baker-coronavirus.html?fbclid=IwAR16zikT5I2n7_Le1RtI2G4fXk6VIEGzvbEFvEYuLYxsBA_SRC9Lfhq81j0

The Pulitzer Prize winners Lynn Nottage and Annie Baker are among those who said they had been asked to give back advances because of the coronavirus pandemic.

01/24/2020

In this week's issue of Caribbean Life Story! https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2020/1/green-card-a-love-story-2020-01-24-sub-cl.html

“Green Card A Love Story,” is a new Caribbean-American web series set in contemporary Brooklyn in the height of the federal immigration crackdown and urban housing insecurity. The show is written by B. Nandi Jacob, the Audelco-award-winning playwright of Flambeaux and Mother-in-Law; and the auth...

12/29/2019

Hello friends, I just ran across this interesting article that lists black women leads in 2019. Kudos to all, and to the actors of color on the audition grind everyday. Auditioning is a job! https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2019/12/a-salute-to-the-black-female-leads-of-2019-films/

"The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity" - Viola Davis More

12/14/2019

12/13/2019

An argument creates connection between Philo and Petra as a threat looms.

11/27/2019

I'm so thrilled to be moderating the panel "Family" on December 3 at 4:00pm at the CUNY grad center/Martin E. Seigel Theatre Center: Here are the full conference details:
"Meet and engage with francophone Caribbean playwrights from Haiti, Martinique and Guadeloupe during live readings of their works (to be presented in English) and roundtable discussions with translators, directors, and scholars! Spearheaded by Actions Caribéennes Théâtrales (ACT), this event aims to raise awareness and recognition of Francophone Caribbean Theatre using English language translations, publications, and stage readings.

December 2-3, 2019
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
The CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, New York City
frenchculture.org/…/9168-caribbean-theater-action-dec-2-3-c…
Free; first-come, first-served

Caribbean Theater Action, or Actions Caribéennes Théâtrales (ACT) provides a cultural dialogue between the United States and the Francophone Caribbean. Through six contemporary plays by emerging or established Caribbean writers from Haiti, Martinique and Guadeloupe, ACT aims to raise awareness an...

11/18/2019

Philo's dreams of being discovered singing on the train clashes with Petra's need for him to find a "normal" job to help get her immigration papers straight! follow us:

Philo dreams of being discovered while singing on the train clashes with Petra's need for him to get a regular job to help get her immigration papers straigh...

11/13/2019

Thanks for waiting for it and asking for it! It's been a lift but we are ready! Episode #2 is up and juicy. Like, comment, share and SUBSCRIBE. With your support we will be better every single time. Thanks for your strong support!

Philo dreams of being discovered while singing on the train clashes with Petra's need for him to get a regular job to help get her immigration papers straigh...

10/01/2019

This is an episode of Green Card: A Love Story. Petra is 15 years without papers in America and won't give up her big apple dreams as she readies herself to get married to a fella who singing on the damn New York City train. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSmLCmNtiWE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2phhoSIDF5RogWxj0P_KYrQLmSvtPS24RghjVKTnBwPVo2ZA3k4IRaUnY

Written by B. Nandi Jacob Follow on IG Directed by Roderick Warner Follow on IG Starring Asha John Follow on IG Cameron Bhol...

09/23/2019

From the playwright of Flambeaux, B. Nandi Jacob, comes a timely, new web series "Green Card: A Love Story." You're invited to our series launch this Saturday, September 28! Come out, have fun, bring friends. Support the cause!

08/21/2019

Wow! Thanks for dropping in to see what we are about. I really appreciate it! Famed novelist Alice Walker said: “If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for? Throughout my life, I’ve interpreted my favorite Walker quote as a charge to tell critical Caribbean stories about our l...

08/14/2019

10/06/2018

The classic novel by Chinua Achebe, and how it came to be, are legendary African tales

09/25/2018

Mark your calendars! Everyone's favorite literary bar crawl is back, and we hope you'll join

08/28/2018

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2018/0827/Trinidad-and-Tobago-turns-to-culture-to-diversify-economy

Trinidad and Tobago is trying to tap into the country's vast cultural offerings, creating a year-round scene that could be a greater part of its economic ecosystem beyond the famed annual Carnival celebrations.

07/19/2018

Good morning, let's make magic from the ingredients of our day! This morning, as I panted uphill to the train, a man looked at me and said: "Wow, you musta been very beautiful in your youth." I'm trying to make some magic out of that, lol! Have a good one.

05/31/2018

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180525-every-story-in-the-world-has-one-of-these-six-basic-plots

Researchers analysed over 1700 novels to reveal six story types – but can they be applied to our most-loved tales? Miriam Quick takes a look.

05/24/2018

https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2018/4/24-mother-in-law-comedy-bed-stuy-2018-04-06-bk.html

She’s written a moving comedy! A British-Trinidadian playwright will launch a heartwarming comedy about immigration and messy relationships this weekend. “Mother-in-Law,” opening at the Black Lady Theatre in Bedford-Stuyvesant on April 7, follows undocumented immigrant Petra as she prepares to...

05/24/2018

Despite their challenges – Petra an undocumented immigrant and Philo who sings on the #4 train - seem content until Mother-in-Law and her nefarious companion Battica visits and blows tiny cracks in their union wide open. As Philo weakens, Petra has help (and often hindrance) in the form of her Hispanic neighbor, Marva. The rib-tickling first meeting of the five characters provokes a downhill spiral as agendas are unveiled and lives are altered.