Westwood High joins Afro Day movement celebrating natural hair pride

Westwood High School has become the latest institution to join the growing Afro Day movement, with students proudly wearing ...
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Jamaican Association of Maryland celebrates 61 years of independence at Martin’s West

The Jamaican Association of Maryland (JAM) recently celebrated the Caribbean nation’s 61st year of independence. Members of the Jamaican diaspora, friends and family gathered on Aug. 19 for the 2023 ...
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Rondón: The Afro-Caribbean Food That Links To The African Diaspora

Did you know that Afro-Caribbean food has ties to the African diaspora? The historical phenomenon known as the African diaspora has significantly influenced the growth of cultures in the Americas.
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Commentary: Garveyism as part of the Jamaican National Standards Curriculum

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”— Marcus Mosiah Garvey. The Jamaican society is far removed from what national hero Marcus ...
Smith College

Afro-Jamaican Poet Shara McCallum to Read at Smith College

Smith College will present a reading by poet Shara McCallum at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, in Stoddard Hall Auditorium. The reading is free and open to the public. Born in Jamaica to Afro-Jamaican ...
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West African tradition in the decoration of colonial Jamaican folk pottery

In the early colonial period, Jamaican slaves manufactured pottery that incorporated traditional West African technology with selected European innovations. Recent examination of Afro-Jamaican wares ...
Queen Mary University of London

Professor Vincent Brown (Harvard University)/ London Group of Historical Geographers Seminars (IHR): Possession and Dispossession

Professor Ryan Fontanilla’s (Ohio State University) and Professor Vincent Brown (Harvard University), IHSS Visiting Fellow talk will retell the story of how and why Afro-Jamaican tenants of the ...