Players of Jamaican Heritage Bring Glory to England in 2018 World Cup
When England competes in the World Cup Semi-Final against Croatia on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, the team will feature a number of players with ties to Jamaica. According to England’s head coach Gareth Southgate, the team is a reflection of a new identity and hopes that people connect with them. Southgate made a list of […]
Jamaica’s Calabash Festival Featured in Vogue
Characterized as “Jamaica’s best-kept secret,” Vogue Magazine highlights the island’s Calabash Literary Festival, which is held bi-annually. Making special mention of the festival’s location in Treasure Beach, described as a “sleepy fishing village,” Vogue notes the locale’s absence of high-rise hotels and souvenir shops and the ambiance offered by its bougainvillea-covered cottages, roadside food stands […]
Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival D.C. 2018 – Fun, Food, Dance and Music
The skies were cloudy and overcast, but the rains never came as seven thousand patrons from the DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area packed the RFK stadium festival lawn on Sunday, June 10th for the third annual Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival to honor and celebrate June as Caribbean American Heritage Month. Sponsored by Grace Foods, […]
Our Stories: Money is not my problem – Kevoyne Chambers
In this installment of Our Stories, scholarship recipient Kevoyne explains why money is not a problem for him….For many people, Jamaica is pictured as an island paradise – white sandy beaches, a beautiful and vivacious culture, rich and wholesome food, and attractive people. And while that image is not far from the truth, if the […]
Top 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You Missed The Week Ending July 6th, 2018
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS STORIES JAMAICAN GOVERNMENT PROVIDES $26 MILLION TO AID CREATIVE SECTOR Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, announced that the government will establish a new program designed to boost the creative sector. The Jamaica Creative 100 program will receive $26 million in government funding to aid with the […]
Listen to the Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending July 6, 2018
This is a Podcast of 7 Jamaican & Caribbean News Stories You May Have missed for the week ending July 6, 2018. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL – Making Things Right
During my formative years attending Sunday School, I liked the biblical character Zacchaeus (Luke 19). Here was a short, rich publican, a sinner, who had to climb up into a sycamore tree to see Jesus as He passed through his town. I do not know what exactly provoked his curiosity. Maybe it was just the […]
Bob Marley Lyrics Subject of Study in Summer School English Class
Dr. Kwame Dawes will teach a section of English 207, which focuses on reading popular literature, to study the lyrics of Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley during the third summer session. The class will run from July 9 to August 9, 2018, at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. The class gives students a chance […]
Twins of Jamaican Heritage Making Waves as Models & Social Media Influencers
Identical twins, Shannade and Shannon Clermont, are best known from season 14 of the Oxygen reality TV show “Bad Girls Club,” but their notoriety doesn’t end there. They appeared in the viral YEEZY Season 6 campaign orchestrated by Kanye West, and in Future music videos on social media. Born to Haitian and Jamaican immigrants, the […]
Ziggy And Paramount Develop Bob Marley Film
Ziggy Marley, 49, son of reggae legend Bob Marley, has joined with Paramount Pictures to develop a film designed to highlight his father’s legacy. Bob Marley died at the age of 36 from cancer in 1981, but his music lives on. He is credited with introducing the world to Jamaica’s reggae genre, rising in prominence […]