Ghanaian Jamaican Poet Kwame Dawes a Finalist for International Literature Prize

Kwame Dawes

Kwame Dawes, a Ghanaian Jamaican poet, has been selected as a finalist for the $50,000 Neustadt International Prize for Literature for 2022. The prize is presented by Oklahoma-based World Literature Today to recognize a writer’s “significant contributions to world literature.” The winner of the Neustadt Prize has often gone on to win the Nobel Prize […]

Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 9th, 2021

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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT DEMANDS REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH II Stating that the damage done to Jamaica from the effects of slavery continue, Jamaica plans to present a petition for reparations from Queen Elizabeth II or the government of the United Kingdom to compensate the descendants of enslaved people. The […]

WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – “You Fool…”

In Luke 12:16-20, we find the parable of what we have come to know as the rich fool. It was God who called him a fool. According to the narrative, while this man was busy enjoying the present and planning for the future, without giving any thought to His relationship with God, God said to him, […]