How much do you know about the free African settlers of Jamaica?

How much do you know about the free African settlers of Jamaica

Located at the most eastern point of Jamaica, the Morant Point Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse on the island, is strongly linked with Africa. Workers who built the original lighthouse in 1841 were among the free Africans who came to the island. Kru men from West African workers came as indentured laborers from Sierra Leone. The […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories for the week ending March 3rd, 2017

Jamaican and Caribbean News

—————————————- THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES —————————————- REPAIRS SCHEDULED FOR ROAD TO BIRTHPLACE OF BUSTAMANTE Desmond McKenzie, Jamaica’s Minister of Local Government and Community Development, announced that $20 million will be allocated to rehabilitate the road that leads to the birthplace of Sir Alexander Bustamante, Jamaican National Hero, in Blenheim, Hanover. McKenzie made the announcement […]

Platinum Kids Ready to Rumble

World Clash promoters Irish and Chin have announced their U.S. Rumble 2017 sound system clash line up this past Monday. The sound arena and the Tri-State party scene is buzzing after the announcement of Bronx juggling machine Platinum Kids entering the U.S Rumble arena. Platinum Kids who are known as a juggling sound traveling all […]

Gala Presentation of 70 x7: The Real Truth, March 4, 2017, Kingston

WHO: Soul Art by Suzanne WHAT: Gala Presentation of 70 x7: The Real Truth WHERE: Phoenix Theatre, 8 Haining Road, Kingston 5 WHEN: Saturday, March 4, 2017 TIME: 8:00 p.m. “70 x 7: The Real Truth” follows the journey of a Jamaican family towards forgiveness. When the Morgan family finds itself face to face with […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – When God Says “Stop”

I stared at the phrase for a few minutes, allowing its truth to percolate in my mind. Profound in its simplicity yet deep in its theology it simply said, “Do not put a comma where God puts a period.” As we saw previously, the ‘period’ indicates the end of a sentence while the ‘comma’ indicates […]