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Serena Williams Builds Schools in Jamaica, Africa | Black Press USA

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019African American Philanthropy

While many deep-pocketed philanthropists and celebrities will write checks to support worthy causes, Tennis megastar Serena Williams routinely goes the extra mile. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] In a recently released video, Williams donned a pair of jeans, workboats, a hardhat and went to work on Salt Marsh Elementary School in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica. Williams, who has won […]

A Film Documents the Rastafarian Fight for Reparations for Slavery | Hyperallergic

August 17, 2017August 17, 2017African History, Jamaica ...

Screening August 18 at JACK, The Price of Memory follows a group of Jamaican Rastafarians as they petition the British Crown for reparations.

The Competing Politics of the Jamaica Biennial – Hyperallergic

June 6, 2017Jamaica, KOLUMN ...

This year’s biennial was a mash-up of claims and interests that played out in four exhibitions grouped under one umbrella.

Fearless Black Female Warrior: Queen Nanny of the Maroons – Atlanta Black Star

May 18, 2017July 22, 2020African History, Jamaica ...

Jamaican national hero Queen Nanny was a remarkable woman who became a well-respected spiritual leader of the Jamaican Maroons in the 18th century.

In Photos: This Is What 1890s Jamaica Looked Like – Okay Africa

April 19, 2017African American History, African American News ...

Making Jamaica, at London’s Autograph ABP, is an exhibition of archival images of Jamaica taken in 1891 by a Scottish maker of landscape photography.

12-Year-Old Jamaican Sprinter Hailed As Next Usain Bolt After Record Setting 200M Race – Atlanta Black Star

April 4, 2017African American Athletes, KOLUMN ...

Jamaica may finally have found a successor to sprint legend Usain Bolt, after 12-year-old Brianna Lyston produced an astonishing display of sprinting at the 2017 Boys and Girls Championships.