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AFTER THE scourge of slavery and the challenges of colonisation, Jamaica evolved into an independent nation which has captured the imagination of the world to which we have given reggae music, top-class sportspeople, Rastafarianism, super-talented...
The seventh biennial Rex Nettleford Arts Conference, themed Mirror Mirror – Arts and Culture for Social Transformation, set to take place at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in St Andrew from October 11 to 13, promises to...
Empowering Black Homeownership Program matched funds the Bank’s member financial institutions donated to housing counseling organizations serving...
CONDOLENCE and reflections have been coming in from local dance fraternity members follow...
The celebration of Christmas in Jamaica is said to date back to the 17th century during enslavement. Plantation work would cease from Christmas Eve until Boxing Day and it was a time of great jubilation for the enslaved. Celebration among the population would be marked by huge all-night dances, with costumed masqueraders and drumming. These celebrations became known as Jonkonnu, one of Jamaica’s oldest holiday traditions. But although the practice is still retained in some rural areas, Jonkonnu celebrations are not as prevalent as they once were. In fact, today’s Christmas festivities ha...