Several hundred Jamaican Americans of all ages gathered at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida, on a beautiful bright Saturday afternoon in May to officially launch the Olive Lewin Heritage ...
Jamaica, the largest English-speaking island in the Caribbean, has international reach. This is especially true in the realms of music, pop culture, sports, and even politics. Here are 5 symbols that ...
LIMA — The Ohio State University at Lima’s Theatre Department will be taking young people on a journey through Jamaican and West African culture in the production of “The Journey of a Duppy Boy,” with ...
A young Harry Belafonte was preparing his repertoire of Caribbean songs in the 1950s and looking for expert input, when he sought out Louise Simone Bennett-Coverly, known affectionately as Miss Lou ...
In Jamaican folklore, the country’s only female national hero is the powerful Queen Nanny. Legend has it that Queen Nanny led a group called the Maroons, who escaped slavery and created their own ...
Last night Diotima designer Rachel Scott transported us to a sultry, sun-drenched, and red candle-adorned oasis in lower Manhattan for her SS25 NYFW show. Models walked to the sounds of Sade in ...
The U.S. launch of award-winning Jamaican writer and pioneering environmental activist Diana McCaulay‘s sixth novel, “A House for Miss Pauline,” took place on February 25 at the Center for Fiction in ...