Thank You Miss Lou Tributes

Read the over the worldwide tributes to  Miss Lou. It is truly amazing how Miss Lou has touched the lives of many people and impacted Jamaican culture. My Thank You To Miss Lou: Vjange Hazle Thursday, May 01, 2003 – 3:35 PM I applaud Ms Lou for standing up for the language at a time […]

Leaving Jamaica – Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 1

As the Challenge Airline plane started to move down the runway, I pressed my face against the window looking out at the waving gallery at Norman Manley International Airport. Many of my friends and family had come to see me off. I could recognize a few of the faces as the plane passed the gallery […]

Jamaica and Religion

The Bible reached the African-Jamaican people in the 1790s when 2 black Baptist preachers, who had been freed by their masters, came to Jamaica. George Lisle and Moses Baker. They built up large followings, Lisle in Kingston and Baker in western Jamaica. Their congregations grew rapidly and they appealed to the newly founded Baptist Missionary […]

Miss Lou Month

We here at Jamaicans.com have declared May 2003 as Miss Lou Month. Jamaicans.com will continue to root for Miss Lou in becoming our next National Heroine. An exclusive Jamaicans.com Interview with Miss Lou Miss Lou – Louise Bennett-Coverley Biography Listen to a Live recording of Miss Lou’s “Yes M Dear” Performance (buy it below) Read […]

Editorial "THE FAILURE OF HAILE SELASSIE AS EMPEROR" by Marcus Garvey

Editorial by Marcus Garvey in the Black Man – London, March/April 1937 THE FAILURE OF HAILE SELASSIE AS EMPEROR When the facts of history are written Haile Selassie of Abyssinia will go down as a great coward who ran away from his country to save his skin and left the millions of his countrymen to […]

The Marcus Garvey’s Statement called Rastafari "Prophecy"

Below is the article many Rastafarians Refer to as the Prohecy by Marcus Garvey. It was Published November 8, 1930 in his Jamaican newspaper, The Blackman: Last Sunday, a great ceremony took place at Addis Ababa, the capital of Abyssinia. It was the coronation of the new Emperor of Ethiopia — Ras Tafari. From reports […]

Interviews with Christian Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq who Baptised Bob Marley

Archbishop Abunda Yesehaq has stated that he baptized Jamaican music icon, Bob Marley. In a newspaper interview with Archbishop Abuna Yesehaq conducted by Barbara Blake Hannah on November 25, 1984, in the Gleaner’s Sunday Magazine, titled ‘Abuna Yesehaq Looks Back on 14 Years of Ministry in Jamaica,’ the Archbishop shared insights into Bob Marley’s baptism. […]

Thanks For Participating Jamaicans.com User Survey

Thank you for participating in our Jamaicans.com survey. You provided us with valuable information to improve the Jamaicans.com website. From the site’s beginning in 1995, user input has always played a major role in defining the direction we take to improve. We will notify our randomly selected t-shirt winner by email, and post their first […]

Clean Jamaican Jokes

Humor and jokes play a very important role in the Jamaican culture. Here is a collection of  Clean Jamaican Jokes submitted to us by visitors to Jamaicans.com. The Coffin Submitted by Nancy on Tuesday, April 01, 2006 – 10:12 AM An old couple in Jamaica was puzzled when the coffin of their dead relative arrived from […]

Fondest Jamaica to Canada Migration Memory

This month is Miss Lou Month on Jamaicans.com. Win a 1- year subscription to win a 1-year subscription to Canadian Ambassador Magazine when you send us your fondest memory of moving from Jamaica to Canada. It could be the questions you were asked about Jamaica, about the help you got. Use the form below, send […]