A revised edition of the book, Bob Marley: Reggae King of the World, will be released this week by LMH Publishing Company.

Co-written by Jamaican musicologist/broadcaster Dermot Hussey and American Malika Lee Whitney, the book was initially released by Kingston Publishers…

With Jamaica set to celebrate what would have the 68th birthday of late Reggae legend, Bob Marley, telecommunications giant, Digicel plans to host a number of events culminating the Reggae legend's life and times.

On Wednesday,…

Reggae legend, Beres Hammond has been enjoying lots of international exposure in recent weeks and with good reason as his latest album has topped Billboard.

Hammond’s new album,…

Jamaica's new prime minister has been sworn in - and immediately vowed to ditch the Queen as her country's official Head of State.

Portia Simpson Miller said she would sever colonial-era…

Emperor Haile Selasse I and Empress Menen with their children at the time of their coronation

On November 2nd, 1930 the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen ushered in a new wave of pride in the black diaspora. Haile Selassie, whose name means ‘power of the Holy Trinity’, is the baptismal name of the child born Tafari…

SEVENTEEN-year-old Kingston College (KC) student Khajeel Mais was yesterday eulogised as a "community child" who became a victim of adult brutality. In an emotional thanksgiving service for the life of the youngster who was shot dead by the driver of a BMW X6 in an apparent episode of road rage, attorney Bert Samuels said that as a mentor to Mais he erred by omitting to warn…

DR. ARTHUR LEWIS SPEAKS ABOUT THE EUROPEAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE SUBJUGATIONS

OF EVERYTHING AFRICAN!!

IT'S not as if Mark Wonder is a new talent. After all, he recorded his first album, Signs Of The Time, in 1996. The irony though, is that while the dreadlocked roots reggae singer is not very well known in his homeland, Jamaica, he has been working wonders with his music on the European market for a number of years.

His latest project, The True Story of Mark…

Historically, this week holds special significance for members of the Rastafari community in particular, and Jamaica in general.

It marks the anniversary of the mission to Africa, and the subsequent visit to Jamaica by Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie I.

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Nas and Damian Marley take it to the streets in the video for “Land of Promise” featuring Dennis Brown,…

ALBANY, N.Y. - From public employees to child care workers, many New Yorkers are pausing today to honor the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As they remember him, they are drawing connections between his work on behalf of America's disenfranchised and the problems facing today's poor and working…

Twin of Twins Trial & Error {Stir It Up Vol. 9} Preview (March 2011)

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Imhotep (sometimes spelled Immutef, Im-hotep, or Ii-em-Hotep; called Imuthes (Ιμυθες) by the Greeks), fl. 27th century BC (2655-2600 BC) (Egyptian ii-m-ḥtp *jā-im-ḥatāp meaning "the one who comes in peace") was an Egyptian polymath, who served under the Third Dynasty king, Djoser, as chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.

He is considered to be…

SEATTLE (AP) — Der Spiegel, the German news organization, published photographs Sunday showing two American soldiers in Afghanistan posing with the corpse of an Afghan civilian they are accused of murdering.



The photos were among several seized by Army investigators looking into the deaths of three unarmed Afghans last year.…

NAACP Image Award winning actress, photographer and filmmaker Esther Anderson created the blueprint of this film in 1973 as a…

Though Ben Heine is widely known for his very clever series Pencil Vs Camera, many might not know about his Digital Circlism set. Heine's created a new technique whereby digital circles are individually applied to a black background. Using a sharp round brush in Photoshop CS4, he makes…