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 ...

Gordon Town, small, picturesque, and unpretentious, is nestled on the Hope River just outside Kingston, tucked between steeply sloping foothills. Travellers, who often pass through the town square on ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Walk into any government office, courtroom or classroom in Jamaica, and you’ll be expected to speak the official language, English. But venture into the street, tune into a radio ...

Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2024 Omolora Wilson launched the Signed Sealed Jamaica project on April 7 aimed at teaching aspects of Jamaica’s culture through sign language. The programme will be ...

“The governor general of St Lucia, Dame Pearlette Louisy, gives part of her throne speech in Patois each year”: Jamaica Woman Tongue longs for the day that will happen in Jamaica, saying: “Patwa, ...

“We are teaching children to read in a foreign language.” GRACE BASTON, a former principal at a top public secondary school, on growing support within the education system to make Jamaica’s Patois an ...

Being multilingual is incredibly beneficial in today’s globalised world, particularly for countries in which two official languages are spoken and a third is still up for disputation. With Jamaica ...

Most Java programmers, at one time or another, have wondered how the JVM works. Java bytecode programming reveals much insight into the JVM and helps developers program Java better. Also, the ability ...

On Jan. 23, 2024, Harry and Meghan attended the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love in Kingston, Jamaica, ahead of the biopic’s U.S. release on Feb. 14, 2024. Speaking to The Sun, body language expert ...