Mento is the name given to Jamaican folk music that emerged in the 1940s and 1950s. Similar to Calypso, which originated in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. February is widely acknowledged as Black History Month, but did you know it is also Reggae Month? Every year since 1926, Black ...

In tandem with Black History Month, February also marks Reggae Month, celebrating one of the most popular Black protest musical genres. As we immerse ourselves in the rich tapestry of February, two ...

When UNESCO announced that “the reggae music of Jamaica” had been added to its list of cultural products considered worthy of recognition, it was a reflection on the fact that reggae, which grew from ...

Throughout this month, The Royal Gazette will feature people, events, places and institutions that have contributed to the shaping of African history.Reggae Sunsplash, founded in 1978 to promote a ...

More than a simple greatest-hits collection, this box set commemorating Jamaica’s powerhouse independent label offers a well-rounded portrait of the iconic imprint’s role in reggae history. Save this ...

Ebony G. Patterson, “Cultural Soliloquy (Cultural Object Revisited)” (2010), auto chassis and body, fabric, glitter, rhinestones, audio recording and other materials, variable dimensions (all images ...

The Jamaicans defended and then some more, keeping three clean sheets in the group stage. They had resisted Eugenie Le Sommer of France and Marta of Brazil, and they had kept teenage sensation Linda ...

On Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m., in celebration of Reggae Month, the story of Jamaican music will be presented to South Florida in a bold and unprecedented homage. The inaugural ...

From Jamaican independence in 1962 came the horn-centric Ska, the sound-system movement, the rise of Rastafarianism and the emergence of the pop Rocksteady sound in 1966. As economic conditions in the ...