The beauty competition that became one of the first to create “Brand Jamaica” and subsequently one of the biggest influences in shaping the nation's new national motto: "Out of Many, One People"

The Hindu contributions to the development of Rastafari and the ways Indo-Jamaicans have help shaped the movement.

In 1976, the Jamaican government did not allow for a Miss Jamaica pageant to be held, so technically there is no 1976 winner. So how did Cindy Breakspeare became the second Ms. Jamaica to win the Miss World pageant in 1976?

Bulla and pink milk is no longer in Jamaican schools but for many years, the government-supplied meal for children from low-income families has defined many Jamaicans’ scholastic experience. 

The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago in July 1990.

From the community of Somerset in England, rose the shoe brand of Clarks. This is the story of how the shoes became synonymous with Jamaica

The circumstances that led to Jamaica’s three anti-Chinese riots in 1918, 1938 and 1965

In 1980, on the 3rd of December, at his home in Jamaica, Bob Marley and manager, Don Taylor, survived an assassination attempt. Almost 3 years later in a Gabonese hotel room, Bob Marley apparently beat up Don Taylor.

In 1932, a dispute over the construction of a gas station led to a heated argument between future national heroes of Jamaica, then KSAC councilor, Marcus Garvey, and the then most sought off lawyer in the country, Norman Manley.

The rise and fall of one of the most popular menswear in Jamaica - the Kariba Suit, which would served as more suitable climate friendly alternative to suit and tie.