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 ...
The search for Apongo is a small part of historians’ ongoing work to recreate the lives of Africans taken in the ...
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 ...
Support #BlackLivesMatter hits close to home simply due to my Black heritage. As an Afro-Jamaican woman, my mother and family overall instilled a sense of confidence that radiated through food. For ...
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 ...
The Real Housewives of Dubai stars are, technically, the new kids on the block when it comes to the infamous franchise of wealthy and eccentric women. Its freshman season – which also happens to be ...
Sunaina Keonaona Kale grew up in California, loving Hawaiian music. Years before she earned her Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from UC Santa Barbara, Kale convinced her mom to buy her the complete ...