African and Jamaican musicians have participated in numerous exciting collaborations stemming from strong cultural links between the continent of Africa and the island of Jamaica. Here are eight notable examples: “My Sound” by Stonebwoy featuring Shaggy. The Ghanaian Afro-dancehall musician, Stonebwoy, featured Jamaican singer Shaggy on the song “My Sound” from his 2023 Album, “The […]

Jamaican entrepreneur and co-founder of VP Records, Patricia ‘Miss Pat’ Chin, and her team are preparing for International Record Store Day 2024 which will be observed this Saturday April 20 across the United States, Europe and parts of Asia.  “Music is my life and I still have to keep the momentum going from the past sixty […]

Jamaica’s Dr Simone Badal McCreath is one of the 25 scientists worldwide selected to participate in the first-ever Rising Scholars: Breast Cancer program. The program’s focus is to create more cancer cell lines for Black people in the battle against breast and prostate cancers. Making history In 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-cancer researcher and […]

The Jamaican Women of Florida (JWOF), an organization dedicated to the support of Jamaican women and girls in Jamaica and Florida, have elected a new president, Aisha Rainford. Rainford is Vice President of the Global Privacy Program at American Express and has long been a strong advocate for the empowerment of women. Her election to […]

Back by popular demand, Rhythms of Africa held a pair of spectacular shows in March at the Cultural Center located in Miramar, Florida.  Launched by the Embrace Music Foundation, the Rhythms of Africa presentations were dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and fortification where the impact of music from around the world is concerned.  In that spirit, […]

Jamaican Bob Marley has made significant contributions to the world with his music and his lifestyle. He has become emblematic of the country, and his 1965 hit, “One Love,” with its message of love and unity is often adopted as an anthem by civil justice advocates everywhere. An article in Forbes magazine describes the leadership […]

A question was raised in one of our men’s study sessions. The question sparked a very interesting discussion. This question was asked by a young single male to another man who has been married for over 50 years and still going. He was asked “what do you and your wife do to keep such a […]

Jamaican artist, Chad Hammond, is the winner of the Red Stripe Special Edition Label Design Competition. His design, chosen by more than 2,000 online voters and a panel of judges, brought him the grand prize of J$500,000 and the chance for his design to be showcased in the Olympic Village in Paris. Additionally, his design […]

Australian Jamaican actor, Zahra Newman, performed a one-woman show in Melbourne, Australia, adapted from the award-winning memoir, “The Hate Race,” by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Most of the characters in the story are from the Caribbean, just like Newman. A story of childhood seen through “the lens of race” Newman has been closely involved with the […]

When Jesus healed the blind man He encountered after being thrown out of the temple, He showed him much grace. According to the narrative (John 9), the man did not even ask to be healed. Truth be known, he did not even know who Jesus was because, had He known that the One who was […]