Artist Bisa Butler with her quilted portrait of Porche Bennett-Bey Courtesy of Time: “The birds are from a fabric called Speed Bird in West Africa and they signify change, prosperity, freedom and transition,” says Butler, who titled the 24” x 30” piece A Good Time for the Truth after a quote…
Executive Director of the Jamaica 4-H Clubs, Dr. Ronald Blake (left), conversing with students from the St. Ann-based Ocho Rios High School at the 2016 staging of the National Achievement Expo held at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon. Photo: Dave Reid Courtesy of Jamaica Information Services “The Jamaica…
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The Jamaican Tody, or robin redbreast (photo courtesy of The Gleaner)
An Appreciation of Jamaica’s Architecture December 12, 2020 Falmouth Jamaica has some of the most fascinating architecture. This artwork gives a depiction of Falmouth in the 1840s. The town’s buildings, the old and the not-so-old, make up the historic townscape of Falmouth. These shared characteristics weave the varied building styles…
The Jamaican flag was unfurled and hoisted for the first time at the dramatic hour of midnight on August 5, 1962 as the British flag was being lowered, signaling the dawn of Jamaica’s political independence from Britain, present day United Kingdom, after over 300 years under British rule. Reference: Jamaican…