Jamaica

Lejos del paz y amor, Peter Tosh sostenía, en sus letras y declaraciones, que los oprimidos y explotados de este sistema debían organizarse y luchar para conseguir transformarlo, la canción Equal Rights proclama: “No quiero ninguna paz.…

En un homenaje, se estableció que Miss Lou es un ícono atemporal de la cultura jamaiquina que permitió que su sociedad se conozca mejor a sí misma

Last weekend, I found myself repeatedly being reminded of something the eminent social and cultural theorist Stuart Hall was fond of saying about identity and culture: "If you think of culture always as a return to roots - R-O-O-T-S -…

Lisa Tomlinson's new book, The African-Jamaican Aesthetic: Cultural Retention and Transformation Across Borders, adds to the body of research examining the ways in which diasporic African-Jamaican writers create their works by tapping into…

The beginning of August is usually reserved for celebrating Jamaica Emancipation and Independence. For the last three years, this time of year is also when LGBT Jamaicans celebrate Pride. Pride is a celebration of the progress that the…

Jamaican popular music has a rich history of performance-based competitions and shows that have produced many stars. The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission's (JCDC) slate of competitions, the Tastee Talent Trail, Magnum Kings and…

Nacido en Escocia y criado en Londres, el fotógrafo Ivar Wigan busca abordar escenas narrativas y de retratos con una sensibilidad llena de matices a través de imágenes de momentos íntimos y sus interacciones con su entorno. En su trabajo,…

It is strange and somewhat frightening how our ideas about self, society, gender relations, masculinity, politics, culture, and indeed, the world has changed over time. Recently, a colleague and I had a discussion surrounding some of the…

El hábito de las mujeres negras de desteñir su piel con productos cosméticos no es más que el resultado del racismo sistemático ejercido sobre sus cuerpos a lo largo de la historia

Jamaican art has never been as experimental as that to be found in – say – Cuba, its neighboring island in the Greater Antilles. Cuban art reached out to the Modernist Movement almost as soon as it began. And Cuba has always had links to…