Installation by Shoshanna Weinberger. Photo credit: Carlos Hernandez. Jamaica has long been an island that has inspired people through its rich culture from reggae to jerk chicken to the Rastafari ...
What's worse than a bad movie? If you ask linguist Joseph Farquharson, he might say a movie that makes a caricature of the distinct patois of Jamaican accents. When asked to be an advisor on the new ...
If you take one look at Tamara Jacqueline Smith’s Instagram account, @taqueth, you’d find it hard to miss images of vibrant faces and food that litter her page. Since 2015, the 24-year-old New York ...
Although he’s currently serving a life sentence, Vybz Kartel released an album, King Of The Dancehall, and definitive summer anthem, “Fever,” in 2016. But the charismatic dancehall emcee, and his ...
Batty bwoy, like Chi Chi man, is a commonly used derogatory term that refers to a gay male; and the above lyric, by dancehall artist Buju Banton, prescribes a gunshot in the head for such a man. The ...
This is “Small Bites,” a South Florida Sun Sentinel feature with tiny tidbits on the food and beverage scene — because we know that sometimes you just don’t have room for a long article. You want a ...
Jamaica will be featured in every aspect of the 2006 festival including music, cuisine, dance, art and literature. "This is a great opportunity to showcase Jamaica," said Paul Pennicook, director ...