Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex history. "Check di English bwoy dem try fi speak Patwa" – "Check these ...

SEAN Paul – Jamaican dancehall royalty – is bringing his famous Kingston beats to Madison Square Garden with Mariah Carey tomorrow night. But while you’ll find clubs from Chelsea to Flatbush spinning ...

Chet Hanks is defending his use of speaking in a Jamaican patois in a chaotic Clubhouse appearance. Tom Hanks' son has made controversial headlines recently for speaking with a Jamaican accent despite ...

Most words in Jamaican patois, like other English Caribbean patois, are English words filtered through a distinct phonetic system with fewer vowels and different consonant sounds. Patois is written ...

Tom Hanks’ son Chet is brushing off criticism after releasing a video of himself speaking Jamaican patois on the red carpet of the Golden Globe Awards. Chet, an actor and musician who goes by the ...

Jamaicans have proverbs, expressions, and commentary on just about everything. Marital woes? Workplace drama? The frenzied pace of life? You name it–they’ve probably got an opinion. Some of these ...

Former England boss is no stranger to diving into new cultures FANS declared “protect Steve McClaren at all costs” after a video of him learning Jamaican slang went viral. McClaren, 63, made a ...

Dear Lisi: My white father married my black Jamaican mother and they had three kids. We live in Canada and had a great childhood. We are close with our father’s side of the family, and our mother’s.

Controversy over Bibles in Jamaica, the Philippines, and Germany reveal the divide between the sacred and the relatable. When Karen Roach first heard the Bible in Jamaican Patois, an English-based ...

"The language was a product of the 17th Century – a period of English expansionism, imperialism and transatlantic trading of enslaved Africans," says Joseph Farquharson, senior lecturer in linguistics ...