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Learn about the Maroons of Jamaica and their significant contributions to the country's development at the groundbreaking Maroon Symposium at UWI Mona.

The theme for this year’s heritage series, Grounation, sounds rather lofty: ‘Music and Reasoning in Working Class Culture: Implications for Governance and Constitutional Reform’, but Herbie Miller, director of the Jamaica Music Museum, which stages...

The Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM) heritage series, Grounation, will begin on Sunday at the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ). It will take place in Lecture Hall, 10-16 East Street, Kingston at 2:00 p.m. The series, which is in its 12th staging, will be held...

The Reggae and Black History Month staple of the Jamaica Music Museum (JaMM), Grounation, is back to tackle the theme ‘Music and Reasoning in Working-Class Culture: Implications for Governance and Constitutional Reform’. The cultural heritage...

Tanya Batson-Savage (Susumba) writes about the Jamaican Music Museum’s focus this month on trombonist Don Drummond. The musician will be honored though musical performances, poetry and presentations. The Jamaican Music Museum’s Reggae Month series opens on February 7, 2016, with the launch of Heather Augustyn’s biography Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World’s Greatest…

The youth presence at the August 13 Jamaica Poetry Festival was strong enough to warm the heart of an old head like Yasus Afari, its founder. While stalwarts again dominated the event, held ...

It was a week of hope, starting with Yasus Afari's Jamaica Poetry Festival which sparkled with the classic poetry of Professor Edward Baugh, the youthful voice of octogenarian Boris Gardiner, and ...

The 13th staging of the Jamaica Poetry Festival inside the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on August 13 was a Sunday dessert of spoken words, songs and movements. And the piece de resistance for the evening was Professor Edward Baugh’s poetic verve...

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has emphasised the important role the literary and creative arts play in driving the success of Jamaica’s tourism sector. Highlighting Kingston’...

A leader of the roots-reggae revival during the 1990s, Yasus Afari shows similar passion for the preservation of Jamaica's creative arts. The poet's latest venture, the Jamaica Poetry Festival, t...