Jamaican Flag Reimagined by Japanese Artist as Samurai soldiers in Honor of Olympics

The Japanese artist Kamaya Yamamoto is one of a group reimagining the flags of the countries competing at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games as samurai characters. Both big and small countries are represented in the World Flags project, including Jamaica. The project seeks to create samurai characters for all of the 200 nations at the […]
Caribbean-American Lifestyle Magazine Shines, Winning Eighth Florida Magazine Association Award

Island Origins takes home two new Florida Magazine Association awards for creative excellence. Island Origins Magazine, South Florida’s Caribbean-American lifestyle quarterly, received its seventh and eighth Florida Magazine Association awards this July in Sarasota, Florida. Island Origins celebrates the best in Caribbean achievement, travel, art, business, cuisine and more. The annual gala and awards honor […]
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah Wins the Olympic Women’s 200m Final

Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 20.53 seconds in the women’s 200 meters final, to successfully defend her Olympic crown. It’s Thompson-Herah second gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics games so far. On Saturday Thompson-Herah clocked 10.61 sec to led Team Jamaican in a clean sweep of the medals in the women’s 100 meters final, with two-time Olympic champion […]