The Jamaican Association of Maryland (JAM) recently celebrated the Caribbean nation’s 61st year of independence. Members of the Jamaican diaspora, friends and family gathered on Aug. 19 for the 2023 ...
Whether they are from the Caribbean or the African continent, Black immigrants have remarkably impacted the growth and diversity of the United States. These immigrants, many arriving in the U.S. with ...
Adele thought she was posting a harmless photo reminiscing about the Notting Hill Carnival in her “beloved London.” Instead, it has ignited a serious debate on Twitter. The old photo shared by the ...
In the early colonial period, Jamaican slaves manufactured pottery that incorporated traditional West African technology with selected European innovations. Recent examination of Afro-Jamaican wares ...
When Ghanaian Afro-dancehall and reggae star Stonebwoy visited Jamaica earlier this year for the Island Music Conference, he made headlines with an impromptu freestyle alongside Shaggy, Sean Paul and ...
Faith Barbee Eselebor, professionally known as Barbee, is making waves across the global music scene with her powerful blend of Afro-pop, Reggae fusion, Dancehall and contemporary Pop, all infused ...
Smith College will present a reading by poet Shara McCallum at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, in Stoddard Hall Auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. Born in Jamaica to Afro-Jamaican ...
International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Vol. 25, No. 4 (December 2021), pp. 998-1023 (26 pages) The development of iron technologies in mid–eighteenth Century Britain led to an explosion in ...