British-Jamaican Actor Daniel Ezra Cast in The Running Man Remake

British-Jamaican actor Daniel Ezra has joined the cast of the upcoming remake of The Running Man, adapted from Stephen King’s 1982 novel written under the pen name Richard Bachman. Set in a dystopian future, the story follows contestants on a lethal game show where survival depends on evading relentless hunters. The new adaptation, directed by […]

The ‘Surprising’ Similarities Between Jamaican Patois and Gullah Aren’t Surprising at All

Many people are surprised to find out just how much the Jamaican Patois (also called Patwa) and the Gullah language of the southeastern United States have in common. While these languages come from different regions — Jamaica and the Sea Islands of the U.S. South — they share deep historical and linguistic roots. Both were […]