In the hills overlooking Montego Bay, Jamaica, a jungle of lush greenery and fruit trees including ackee, coconut and breadfruit, kiss the edge of a shallow river. Serene and filled with unspoiled ...

After years of applying chemical relaxers, hot comb pressing and other artificial straighteners, Black women across the country have been adopting a more natural way of trending to their tresses.

BULL BAY, Jamaica — The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica’s southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is at hand. Around him at the ...

Former KCRW DJ Roger Steffens edits the Beat magazine's annual Bob Marley Collector's Edition. The Associated Press report came out of the blue. Rita Marley, in Addis Ababa, said the body of her ...

It's not unusual for an autobiography to chart a person's passage from rags to riches, ignorance to enlightenment, or bondage to freedom. It is unusual to find one as powerful and disturbing as Safiya ...

ST ANDREW, Jamaica (Reuters) -At a Rastafari farming community high up in the hills above Jamaica’s capital, dreadlocked locals gather at the temple to worship and celebrate with Bible readings and ...

A lot of people probably think first of Ziggy when it comes to reggae musicians named Marley these days, but it was Bob Marley, Ziggy’s father, who was the original international reggae star. Bob died ...

In terms of spiritual significance, few dates compete with April 21, 1966, in the hearts of Rastafari. Celebrated by the faithful the world over as Grounation Day, it marks the visit to Jamaica by the ...

Reggae’s justice-driven Rastafari icons like Bob Marley would have us Americans thinking Jamaica’s cannabis policy would reflect their cannabis-friendly culture. In fact, it’s taken decades for the ...