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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

In 2010, Cliff became only the second reggae musician, after Bob Marley, to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...

This episode originally aired on September 22, 2002. In April 2022, the Paris Review presented Antiguan-American writer Jamaica Kincaid with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Of Kincaid's signature ...

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 ...