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 ...

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 ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...

Reggae is the musical genre most commonly associated with Jamaica and its distant roots are in folk music, while its closer relatives are the ska and rocksteady styles of the 1960s. Ska developed out ...

Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org) is the publishing division of the University of Cambridge, one of the world’s leading research institutions and winner of 81 Nobel Prizes. Cambridge ...

While many traveler’s often debate between a getaway to Montego Bay or Negril, insider’s know the real magic is in Port Antonio, Jamaica. Located on the northeast coast of Jamaica — just 60 miles, or ...

The latest food festival on the scene is all about Jamaican food, music and community. The first Flavors Food and Music Fest is Sunday in Pontiac in the parking lot outside of host restaurant Flavors ...

Students at 17 MPS schools are painting murals to go on display at the Holiday Folk Fair International in West Allis Nov.