Jamaican-Born Printmaker Wins Black Muse Exhibition Prize in Sarasota, Florida

Krystle Lemonias, a Jamaican-born artist who lives in Tampa, Florida, and is known for her use of mixed media, has won the $1,000 first prize at the 2021 Black Muse exhibition, a partnership between the Art Center Sarasota, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), founder of Black History Month, […]

7 Signs You Are Becoming Your Jamaican Parents

There are a lot of things our Jamaican parents would do or say that made us grumble in a very low voice – “under our breath” – because let’s face it, that was the only way we could be a little sassy and get away with it. And even so, a lot of the time […]

Tribute To Ewart ‘U-Roy’ Beckford, OD. (September 21, 1942-February, 17, 2021)

Jamaica lost another of its musical sons with the passing on February 17, 2021 of Ewart Beckford OD, better known to Jamaicans as U-Roy. Among the “massives” that have followed the development of Jamaican music and in particular the Jamaican sound system, he was known as Daddy Roy and was considered as “The Originator” for […]