RIP radio legend Barry G... 🙏 youtu.be/bgI1s7If-lM?... #reggae #reggaesky #musicsky #barryg

#RIPBarryG Jamaican radio (+ soundclash) legend "You can drive from Kingston to Old Harbour Santa Cruz, Sav-la-Mar & you touch Hanover If you cyan drive a junction you must turn over Barry G a we greatest radio entertainer" jamaicaobserver.com/2025/10/30/radio-legend-barry-g-dies-aged-70/

Also, if a website doesn’t have the extension “.gov.jm” it is NOT a Jamaican government site. Please share the details from that IG post far and wide to help prevent well-meaning people from being defrauded. #HurricaneMelissa

Among the images shared on this IG post by Jamaica’s PM is a list of fraudulent sites to avoid. If you see anyone sharing any of those links in good faith, please warn them that they are fraudulent. #HurricaneMelissa www.instagram.com/p/DQcymcVEgY...

We Change is a great organization. Please boost this post to help queer and trans Jamaicans who are even more vulnerable in the wake of this disaster. #HurricaneMelissa

Birds have been chirping since this morning and our Julie mango tree presented us with another late-season fruit. This might be its end, so I’m even more grateful for its faithful provision. Hurricane Gilbert claimed our East Indian mango tree. #Jamaica #Caribbean

This year I wrote a book about how Columbus colonized the Caribbean in 1492 - not what is now the US mainland. My book DARK LABORATORY celebrates Kalinago survivance and the African agrarian x aquatic traditions people like my ancestors, who were enslaved, brought to the region.

Here we go again. With Melissa barrelling towards Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, I’m steeling myself for the worst. Stay safe and well, my Caribbean neighbours. #TSMelissa #HurricaneSeason

When the Maroons were almost starving, Nanny pondered surrendering to the British. In a dream, a voice told her to wait 1 more day. When she awoke the next morning, she found 3 pumpkin seeds in her pocket. She planted them on the side of a mountain now known as Pumpkin Hill. #Folklore #Jamaica

It's National Heroes Day in Jamaica 🖤💛💚 Here's a great DJ tune celebrating "man like Gordon and Bustamante, Paul Bogle and Norman Manley, the man Sam Sharpe and Queen Nanny and the great prophet Mosiah Garvey". youtu.be/Pw4w3k3bIlI?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #jamaica

Happy National Heroes’ Day to my Jamaican mutuals and other yaadies wherever oonu deh. 🇯🇲 The work towards collective liberation that our National Heroes began remains urgent. So, we also remember, salute, and thank our present-day, unacknowledged heroes. #Jamaica #Caribbean

River Mumma is a water spirit who inhabits and protects the rivers in Jamaica. The artwork: River Mumma II (Watercolour, Pen and Ink, Water from river/s in Jamaica on Canvas) by Jamaican visual artist Richard Nattoo. #Art #Folklore #Jamaica #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

This #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth thread is a must-read!

Forgot that October is #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth but I'm here now! One of my favourite pieces of folklore is around the silk cotton tree. These trees are revered/feared as sacred trees that are both the homes for duppies/jumbies (ghosts) and portals to other dimensions. This is one I saw in Tobago:

In #Jamaica, the location of the food forest close to the home is called the “yard” or “kitchen garden.” (“Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems in the Caribbean: Jamaica as a Case Study”, September 2019, in Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era (pp. 89-115)) #WorldFoodDay

🧟 Le Musée des Confluences vous plonge dans l'histoire fascinante de ces créatures bien réelles et vous initie aux rites vaudous haïtiens. Passionnant, flippant… mais immanquable !

Virgin Islands make history by allowing trans & intersex people to change their gender markers - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/virg...

Thunderballs or thunderbolts, smooth stones found in a field or on heritage sites, are believed to have fallen from the sky. Back in the day, they were put in earthenware jars of water to keep it cool. Those jars found in Jamaica were identified as Taíno. #Folklore #Jamaica #Caribbean

Relevant for #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth.

Among the Creole families or Trinidad and Tobago, a magic is passed down that can transform a soul into a Lagahoo, a kind of werewolf descended from the loup-garou. To kill this person you must beat them with an anointed stick until they are black mists. #LegendaryWednesday

Hi #Portfolioday! ✨I'm Raphaela, comic artist and illustrator from Brazil. I like to draw old people, popular cultures, orishas and colorful scenes 🌿 #BRart Instagram: instagram.com/karma.leao Portfolio: behance.net/karmaleao

Hi #portfolioday !! I'm a Cuban freelance illustrator working on sci-fi/fantasy book covers and illustrations! 📧 [email protected]

Impacts of the Grenada Invasion Beckles, H., & Shepherd, V. (2006). Freedom won: Caribbean emancipations, ethnicities and nationhood Brizan, G. (1998). Grenada : Island of conflict Fergurson, J. (1990). Grenada : Revolution in reverse dlis.gov.dm/index.php?op...

From Grenada Broadcasting Network (GBN)

An opportunity for #Caribbean writers.

📢 Call for Submissions! I'm excited to share that I'm curating an Anthology with @aroko.bsky.social We are inviting writers from Africa & the Diaspora to send us stories that (re)imagine folklore, myths, and legends. 🗓️Deadline Dec 31 2025. ➡️More info at: www.aroko.world/aroko-anthol...

It’s common to see Jamaican houses surrounded by a variety of fruit trees, most of which have a positive effect. The exception is pawpaw, which is said to take the strength of those who live in the house. #Folklore #Jamaica #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

Have you heard a rooster crowing at night? I’ve lost count. Old-time Jamaicans said that when a rooster crows at night, it means that he’s keeping duppies at bay. #Folklore #Jamaica #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth

For #CaribbeanFolkloreMonth and Black Speculative Fiction Month, I highly recommend the anthology Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root, edited by Nalo Hopkinson, one of my fave Jamaican authors. If you love folklore, fantasy, and Caribbean stories, treat your shelf! #Books #CaribbeanLiterature

Happy to come across this reference, especially since it’s Caribbean Folklore Month. Bookmarked!

Wha gwaan, everyone? I’m thrilled to be here and look forward to making new connections, especially if you’re from the Caribbean. This page is my passion project for exploring Jamaica’s rich cultural heritage and history. Let’s see where this journey will take us! #Jamaica #Caribbean