Koffee wins NAACP Image Award for the hit song “Lockdown”

Jamaican recording star Koffee, 21, received an award honoring her hit single “Lockdown” at the 52nd annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) image awards ceremony. Koffee’s recording was named “Outstanding International Song” by the organization, beating out her Jamaican musical collaborator Buju Banton, whose song “Blessed” was also nominated in this […]

Jamaican Opens Caribbean Restaurant in Brazil

Jamaican Andre James is the founder and CEO of Jerky’s: Cozinha Caribenha, the first company to serve authentic Jamaican food in Brazil. He was inspired to start the company when he moved to São Paulo and discovered that he could not find Jamaican food there. This did not surprise him too much as in a […]

13 Things to Know about the Jamaican National Costume

The Jamaican National Costume has a long history that dates back to the island’s colonial period. Once commonly worn by 18th-century working women in Britain, the traditional ensemble is now primarily symbolic and ceremonial. Jamaican author, poet, and Jamaican folk ambassador, Miss Lou, (Louise Bennett) is pictured in full Jamaican National Costume on the cover […]