Mutabaruka to Be Honored at Black Royalty African Heritage Expo in Connecticut

Mutabaruka, a dub poet, musician, educator, cultural historian, and radio personality, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Black Royalty African Heritage Expo on March 10, 2018, in Waterbury, Connecticut. According to Napoleon White, the event coordinator at Tommy Promotions, the event is designed to celebrate the works and achievements of great African Americans. […]

These 9 Jamaican Things Will Make You Feel Really Old

Some Jamaicans may question how much has the country developed since independence but our parents and grandparents will quickly point out that things have changed dramatically in the last few decades. Today’s Jamaicans may have new highways and live their lives on social media, but some of us were privileged to have experienced firsthand some […]

On This Day in Jamaican History – Edna Manley Was Born

On March 1st, 1900, Edna Swithenbank (Edna Manley)was born in Bournemouth, England. Her father Harvey Swithenbank was British, and her mother Ellie Shearer was Jamaican. Known as the “Mother of Jamaican Art,” Manley was one of the most famous painters and sculptors in Jamaica. In her youth, Edna Manley attended several schools over a two-year […]

On this day in Jamaican History: The Ortanique Fruit

On March 1st, 1939. David Daniel Phillips of Manchester submitted a new variety of citrus to the Board of the Jamaica Agricultural Society called the Ortanique. Phillips originally called the fruit “tangelo,” and then named it an “ortanique” (ORange + TANgerine + unIQUE) as it represents a unique cross between an orange and a tangerine. […]