The Death of Jonkonnu? Why This Important Christmas Tradition Is Slowly Fading
Around this time each year, conversations resurface lamenting the loss of Christmas traditions, particularly Jonkonnu. Too often, these reflections amount…
Around this time each year, conversations resurface lamenting the loss of Christmas traditions, particularly Jonkonnu. Too often, these reflections amount…
It is the day after Christmas. As we prepare to close the chapter on this Christmas season, a few things…
On Christmas Day in 1831, as plantation owners gathered to celebrate and enslaved Africans were granted a brief respite from…
Jamaica’s Jasauna Dennis has signed a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal with global sports brand Puma. The Jamaican sprinter,…
For many small businesses in Jamaica, Christmas is more than a season of goodwill. It is a critical period when…
With Christmas just days away, it may feel like the season is already slipping past. But when it comes to…
In Jamaica, Christmas music has always reflected the many ways the season is experienced. Some songs are deeply faith-filled, rooted…
In Psalm 27:13-14, David writes, “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in…
A young Altiman ‘Alti’ Davis was walking to work when he crossed paths with Avril, a newly arrived British teacher…
Leon G. Whyte, a choral music teacher in the Mamaroneck School District and a recognised leader in educational equity and…