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No one seems to be giving the PNP much of a fighting chance of forming the next government. I wonder

Long ago, the homes of wealthy gentlemen who lived in town areas were called PENS. These homes were surrounded by

When the black, green and gold went up on midnight August 5, 1962, this island was unknown and insignificant to

Her name was Madge Sinclair and there’s a very good chance you have seen her or heard her voice in

Reggae Falls Located on The South-Eastern section of the island, neatly tucked away in a small village called “Hillside” St

My Jamaican father, like so many other immigrants from the island, had a longing to return to the Land of

Buttu/Bhuttu Adjective A Jamaican Creole term which means uncouth, out of fashion, or uncultured. Skettel Noun A Jamaican Creole term

Christianity was introduced to Jamaica with Roman Catholicism through Spanish plunderers. In 1655, the British plundered and Church of England

The word “Kotoko” means porcupine and is a title the Ashanti bestowed upon themselves or anyone they considered to be

Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Asian slum in March 1919. Abrahams was classified

Jamaica was at the forefront of the international campaign against apartheid in South Africa. The first country to declare a

Approximately 81,500 Indians live in Jamaica today, maintaining their own cultural organizations and roots but assimilated into the wider community.