A few episodes back, we explored how the Jamaican man used fashion as a tool to make statements about concepts of manhood and identity, and we concluded that Jamaicans on a whole consciously and consistently make statements through the language of adornment. We’re ‘all about the bling’ and...

                  Inside today’s edition of the Arts Page, we’re mining for real treasure inside the local jewellery industry. We’ve transitioned from fashion to other ways Jamaicans adorn themselves and have picked the brains of jewellers and local lapidists. We’re discovering that all that glitters, might not be gold: it could be pyrite...

                  Did you know that maypole in Jamaica is always done to mento music? (Maybe you didn’t), but If you caught the Arts Page last week, you would have enjoyed a crash course into a traditional folk form that had its roots, not in Jamaican soil, but thousands of miles away… Join...

                  Today we have a story to share with you… A story of grit and determination… Of triumph! A journey to gold, not on the track, but in dance! In traditional folk forms in general, and maypole in particular! Join us for another edition of The Arts Page.  

              Lately we’ve been walking through a tour (of sorts) of The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank exhibition: "Dancehall Male Fashion." We can’t take you physically to 12 Ocean Boulevard, but we’ve dug deep into the conversations at the opening of the exhibit earlier this year. The voices invited to the space...

                      Art is not always defined as something that hangs in an exclusive gallery. On any Jamaican street you will see the power of artistry expressed in our speech…in how wi dress!   The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) celebrates our innate artistry and its impact on...

              “Dancehall is bold. Dancehall is rebellious and of course dancehall is undeniably Jamaican and one of its most striking elements is its fashion…”   These strong statements are not my words. They are those of Dr Kirt Henry, Director of the African Caribbean Institute and he made the statement, regarding which most of...

                  When yu think of Jamaican films, what names readily come to mind? Chances are Shottas, Third World Cop, Dancehall Queen, classics like Perry Henzel’s ‘The Harder They Come’ tend to characterize the genre. Traditionally explored themes usually involve sexuality, guns, drugs: criminality in general, and let’s not forget the gritty underside...