Norman Washington Manley was born in the parish of Manchester on July 4, 1893. He was a Rhodes scholar and...

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first National Hero was born in St. Ann’s Bay on August 17, 1887. He was the...

George William Gordon was born in 1819 to a slave mother and a planter father. In 1834, the year slavery...

Firefly was the name British author, Sir Noel Coward gave to his vacation home in Jamaica. Located on the north...

Paul Bogle was born free about 1822 in Stony Gut, near Morant Bay in St. Thomas. He was a Baptist...

Much of what is known about Nanny, or Granny Nanny as she’s also called, has been gained from oral history....

Born in 1801 in St. James, Samuel Sharpe was a deacon in the Baptist church. Although he was a slave,...

The Taste of Jamaica, a display of local foods and culinary contests, was held over the weekend at the Convention...

As promised in my earlier post, here are a few more New York City landmarks that my blog buddy, Tony,...

“Harlem’s Backyard Gems is my entry into TBEX Blog Carnival Contest sponsored by Choice Hotels International Services Corp.” When I...