Marlon James, Award-Winning Jamaican Author, to Deliver Bob Marley Lecture at UWI
Marlon James, who won the 2015 Man/Booker Prize for Fiction in London for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” will give the 2016 Bob Marley Lecture at the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) in St. Andrew on February 12, 2016. According to Dr. Sonjah Stanley-Niaah, the head of […]
Day 29 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – Port Royal Museum
Port Royal was once known as the “wickedest City on Earth” and is one of the most interesting historical sites in Jamaica. Due to its location in the Caribbean, the town was home to pirates and buccaneers, including Sir Henry Morgan, or Blackbeard. Pirates and privateers sailed from Port Royal to plunder ships traveling on […]
Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 29th, 2016
This is a Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending January 29th, 2016. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit our archives.
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – False Advertising
During my time as student and while in a class on personal evangelism, the professor talked about the importance of living ours lives in such a way, as Jesus commanded, that invited questions from the unsaved. Of course everyone agreed, but a classmate pointed out that some of the laziest people in his place of […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending January 29th, 2016
—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- FOUNDATION FOR LEARNING TO FOCUS ON 235,000 ILLITERATE JAMAICANS—01/24/15 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported that, in 2015, there were over 161,000 men and nearly 74,000 women over age 15 in Jamaica who do not have basic reading and writing skills. The current adult […]
Usain Bolt Overcomes Racism and Classism in Jamaica
Olympic record holder and world champion runner Usain Bolt acknowledged that he has faced significant classism and racism from some Jamaicans as he rose to become the global athletic star he is now. He noted how shocked he was when he moved into an upscale apartment complex in St. Andrew and experienced negative reactions from […]
Docu-film on Legendary Freedom Fighter to Screen at the 24th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival
The legendary Nanny of the Maroons, Jamaica’s only female National Heroine stands out as an unparalleled trailblazer in the abolition struggle in the New World. This eighteenth-century warrior queen led a band of former enslaved Africans in the mountains of Jamaica to a decisive victory over the mighty British army. Many would argue that she […]
