Nominations for the Jamaica Diaspora & Friends Champion Awards opens on Valentine’s Day
On February 14th nominations will open for the Jamaica Diaspora and Friends Champion Awards (JDAFCA). This is the first global and virtual Jamaica Diaspora peer award with completely online public nominations and public voting. The award was first launched in 2017 at the 7th Biennial Diaspora conference. The awards were created to recognize individuals, organizations, […]
Did you Know the First Black Woman to Serve as a Washington State Legislator was of Jamaican Descent?
Seattle, Washington native, Marjorie Edwina Pitter King, was an early African-American business owner and the first African-American woman to serve as a Washington State legislator. She held several governmental positions and House Resolution No. 2005-4614 declared she was the first black American woman to serve in the legislature after Washington declared statehood. King was active […]
10 Things to Know about Chinese Jamaican Influence on Reggae Music
Today’s reggae music is synonymous with the name Bob Marley and Rastafari, but there’s also a small but unsung group of Chinese session musicians, producers, sound engineers, and studio & record shop owners that were the early pioneers of reggae that evolved into the Jamaican music of today. Their descendants are still making an impact […]