MEET THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL BLACK PERSON IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: JAMAICA’S KEVIN ANDREW FENTON
Kevin Andrew Fenton is not a politician, a star player in the English Premier League, a rapper, a big name in business and finance or...
FROM BOARD HOUSE TO STATE HOUSE: MARCIA RANGLIN –VASSELL
THREE-TIME RHODE ISLAND ELECTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARCIA RANGLIN –VASSELL IS NOT AFRAID TO DECLARE “IS JAMAICA ME COME FROM” OR TO ADMIT THAT SHE GREW...
THE GRASS MAY BE GREENER, BUT THERE IS TRULY NO PLACE LIKE HOME
BY LESLIE-ANN LAYLOR Part two of the story of a young Jamaican woman’s journey to Japan…and back Read Part One Here It is often...
FROM THE ISLAND OF WOOD AND WATER TO THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN
By Lesile Ann Laylor This is the first of a two-part account of a young Jamaican woman’s two year journey into an alien culture...
CRY FOR A MELODY: DON DRUMMOND, JAMAICA’S MUSICAL ENIGMA
By Debbie Jacob In all the pictures from the 60s, the talented and troubled Jamaican trombonist Don Drummond appears melancholy and aloof. No one ever...
JAMAICAN TO THE BONE, PATSY BLAIR ROBERTSON: JOURNALIST, INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANT AND JAMAICAN PATRIOT
It is said that behind every successful man is a strong woman. If that adage were to be applied to organizations, it would be an...
BRITAIN’S MARTIN LUTHER KING JR: HAROLD ARUNDEL MOODY
Google Doodle: A special temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepage intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures. When Google...
SISTERS OF COLOUR: WHAT DO KAMALA HARRIS AND COSTA RICA’S VICE PRESIDENT EPSY CAMPBELL BARR HAVE IN COMMON?
If (and when) Kamala Harris is elected as Vice President of the USA this coming November, she will become only the second Afro-descended woman to...
KAMALA HARRIS’ JAMAICAN HERITAGE – UPDATED – 14.01.2019
Reflections of a Jamaican Father By Donald J. Harris As a child growing up in Jamaica, I often heard it said, by my parents and...
DIGGING DEEPER INTO KAMALA HARRIS’ JAMAICAN ROOTS
The day following the announcement of the selection of Kamala Harris to be Joe Biden’s running mate for Vice President in the November 2020 Presidential...