Travelers to Jamaica will find an array of music and cultural events taking place across the island this summer, highlighted by the 31st year of the Reggae Sumfest concert series. The island’s music, ...

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 of ...

When Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica late last month, it instantly became the strongest storm ever to strike the Caribbean island nation. The damage was devastating. According to the U.N., ...

With more than 60 per cent of its population under 30, Jamaica’s cultural diplomacy must also be forward-looking. The UNESCO ...

A young Harry Belafonte was preparing his repertoire of Caribbean songs in the 1950s and looking for expert input, when he sought out Louise Simone Bennett-Coverly, known affectionately as Miss Lou ...

Changing the way people view the country of Jamaica and its rich culture, one dancehall queen is breaking cultural barriers with her organization’s first ever international Wan Move Diaspora ...

A member of the Jamaican parliament has called out the British Museum for holding onto indigenous cultural heritage, joining growing calls worldwide for the repatriation of artifacts collected during ...

Jamaica’s latest entry in its wide range of promotions and marketing techniques showcases attractions on the island designed to lure vacationers out of the resorts and into the island life and culture ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica fosters a "culture of fear" and impunity linked to a high rate of killings by police officers that stretches back for years on the Caribbean island with chronically ...

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 ...