Some even prefer cash over card payment, so having Jamaican dollars for purchases is a good idea. English is Jamaica's official language. However, Jamaican Patois is a widely spoken dialect in the ...

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Ghanaian musician Charles Nii Armah widely known as Shatta Wale recently encountered a Jamaican fan during a live interaction and had to speak Patois with him.

I made no serious efforts to learn the language, partly because I was able to survive knowing basic Japanese and using the aforementioned app. Another reason I’ve been contemplating why learning ...

The shuttles were always conveniently available to take us around the property, with friendly, fun drivers who taught us some Jamaican phrases. (Wah gwaan? = What’s up?) The entertainment is ...

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness described Usain Bolt as a "national hero" during the sprinting legend's father's funeral.

WRITING is a vital skill, yet in many Jamaican school curricula it is often ... The way Lawrence sees it, many people assume that speaking a language and understanding its grammar, punctuation ...

In July of 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump announced that the fate of the country was in peril. In a televised speech, ...

Malcolm X did, and if he hadn’t endured this cruelly deprived reality, we would have never heard of him. At Charlestown State ...

There is an exchange, she thought. Something passes between this life and the next that allows you to be here for a while.

Olympic legend Justin Gatlin recently opened up on the age old sprinting rivalry between the USA and Jamaica. Gatlin talked about the rivalry on the latest episode of his podcast 'Ready Set Go'.

and felt compelled to piece together and historical documentation of the visual language of the genre that would evoke nostalgia for fans of the sound as well as inform storytelling about the music ...