Jimmy Cliff, who famously sang about the "many rivers" we all must cross, has died after suffering a seizure and pneumonia, ...
It’s that time of year again to enjoy the iconic Jamaican Easter bun, a cherished tradition in the Caribbean culture. Although the spiced Jamaican Easter bun is enjoyed year-round, it’s more popular ...
Over the last year, Caribbean music has made a return to mainstream U.S. radio in a way that hasn’t been seen since the mid-2000s. Though loyal fans of dancehall, reggae, and soca will assure you that ...
Forty-three years after his death, the seats were packed for the Jamaican Association of Bermuda’s showing of Bob Marley: One Love. The audience transformed Specialty Cinema into a sea of reggae’s ...
Since the late nineteen-seventies, the streets of Jamaica’s capital city, Kingston, have been decorated with ad-hoc placards promising quick, transformative thrills. The signs—hand-painted on ...
URBANA –Many young Jamaican immigrants are succeeding in the United States precisely because they remain strongly tied to Jamaican culture, said University of Illinois professor Gail M. Ferguson.
The debate over the potentially harmful influence of the dancehall culture on youth and whether it fuels crime and violence is nothing new in Jamaica, but nowhere is this more starkly illustrated than ...
Luke Cage’s first season established black culture to the fullest and that blackness permeated throughout the plot and its characters’ arc developments in all 13 episodes. The show gave an ...
Reggae and dancehall recording artist Shaggy says he's excited for the opportunity to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day ...
This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we know that sometimes you just don’t have room for a long article. You want a ...
Luke Cage, played by Mike Colter (Image Source: Luke Cage official Season 2 Trailer screenshot NetFlix) Luke Cage, Season 2, continues to present a talented team of writers, composers, and actors that ...
Whether they are from the Caribbean or the African continent, Black immigrants have remarkably impacted the growth and diversity of the United States. These immigrants, many arriving in the U.S. with ...