“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Jamaica heads to the polls on Sept. 3, questions have been raised about the quality and consistency of sign language interpretation during the televised debates that shaped the campaign. Advocates ...

“Well, I’ve always known that my views on Jamaican Creole or Patwa, the native language here, were contentious but sound”: Annie Paul is vindicated. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and ...

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 ...

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 ...