Jamaican Maroons Featured by National Geographic
The Jamaican Maroons, which have been called the “forerunners of Jamaican independence,” are the subject of a feature story by National Geographic Harcourt Fuller, an associate professor of history at Georgia State University and a Maroon who comes from Mooretown, credits the Maroon people with instilling an “independence of spirit” in Jamaicans. “The Maroons say […]
Jamaican-Born Candidate Running for Congress in Louisiana
Voters in Louisiana must return to the polls for a special election required to fill two seats in the United States House of Representatives that opened up after the 2020 fall elections. One seat opened as Democrat Cedric Richmond left to serve as a special adviser to US President Joe Biden. The other was left […]
Global Retailer Aerie Partners with Jamaican-American Sofiya Ballin to Tell Stories about Black Love
A partnership between Philadelphia-based award-winning journalist, Sofiya Ballin, and the global retailer Aeire to highlight the love of Black couples in the groundbreaking documentary “Black History Untold: Love.” The film was created in honor of Black History Month and a virtual screening was held on Feb. 13 just in time for Valentine’s Day. A full […]
11-Year-Old Jamaican Wins Coding Competition Beating 70 International Rivals
When 11-year-old Dominic Darby entered the XPRIZE Connect Code Games: A Global Game-Making Challenge, he never really expected to win – which made his victory all the sweeter. Darby created a video game that vanquished the competition using MIT’s Scratch coding software. His reward was being named “Best in Class” and a $1,000 cash prize […]
Usain Bolt Listed among Most Influential Black Athletes in 2010’S
Jamaica’s eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt was selected by The Medium as one of the most influential Black athletes of the 2010s. In choosing Bolt, The Medium called him “the most commanding force in short distance running” in the past two decades and arguably for all time. Bolt holds world records in the 100-meter, […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day With The Ties That Bind Women To Each Other
Winter has Come, and there are new guardians at the gate. I like to tell my husband my mind is like a bad neighborhood. Down one particularly long street, all the ne’er do wells drag race with their loud, unmuffled cars into the wee hours of the morning, and I can’t sleep. Several streets over […]
Spotify Expands to Jamaica
The music streaming service Spotify is expanding its service to Jamaican and 84 other new markets. It will also launch 36 new languages on the platform. The combined population impacted by the expansion totals over 1 billion people. Spotify said that now “sounds and stories that once remained local” will be available to an international […]
11-Year-Old Gives Back to Jamaican Frontline Health Care Workers Fighting COVID-19
At age 11, Tajana Gardner is already writing and recording her own music, and giving back from the sale of her music. The Ardenne Preparatory School student donated cases of juice and water to the staff at the isolation ward at the Mandeville Regional Hospital in Manchester on Friday, February 12. “Donating to the hospital […]
Many Speculate the Jamaican Flag Outfit in “Coming 2 America” Was a Tribute to Madge Sinclair
Did the hit movie “Coming 2 America” pay tribute to Jamaican-born actress Madge Sinclair? After the film was released on Amazon Prime on March 6th, 2021, many people speculated that the filmmakers did pay tribute to Madge Sinclair, the actress who played “Queen Aoleon,” the mother of character lead “Prince Akeem Joffer,” who is played […]
Jamaican Food Ranks in Top 20 Cuisines on Instagram; Number 1 in the Caribbean
Chef’s Pencil conducted an analysis of Instagram data for February 2021 and determined the top 20 cuisines in the world as identified by the social media platform’s users. National cuisines have been ranked according to the number of tags they gained, with the number rounded down to the nearest thousand. According to the research by […]