Anancy Festival is a celebration of Caribbean cultural heritage designed to appeal to children and families curious about the Caribbean. Anancy (also known as Anansi or Ananse) is the West African trickster hero of folk tales familiar to millions of people around the world.
Words and stories are an important part of Caribbean culture. Caribbean people’s love of words evolves into the beautiful storytelling that gathers a family together, the man-to-man “reasoning” conversation about issues in the community, and even the “labrish” that humors a set of friends. So, a folk hero like Anancy is an appropriate icon for the festival that makes the Caribbean accessible to South Florida families.
Kingston & New York – 01 December 2009 — Jamaica College (JC), today announced the establishment of a Robotics Program and its entry in the premier Robotics Competition in the US for high school students: the FIRST Competition. The Jamaica College Old Boys Association of New York, Inc will partner with JC in the project and is planning the creation of a fully outfitted Robotics Lab at JC and practical applications of robotics adopted in JC science education.
NEW YORK (JIS) Friday, May 01, 2009 - “I’m actually nervous,” said Jamaica’s Consul General Geneive Brown Metzger as she started her speech at Thursday night’s Caribbean Students Association’s (CSA) Alumni Dinner at City College. Mrs. Brown Metzger explained that while she was used to addressing stodgy 50-somethings, being in front of a roomful of vibrant, “know everything” young people was more daunting. “You have so honored me,” she continued. “Thanks for doing me the honor of inviting me to be your keynote speaker.”
Senator, Dr. Ronald Robinson (right), Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, makes a point on behalf of the Diaspora during at town hall meeting at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY, on Friday, April 17, 2009, at the start of an official nine days, four states visit. Consul General of Jamaica in New York, Mrs. Geneive Brown Metzger (left) who is hosting the visit, looks on. Sharon Bennett photo.
NEW YORK (JIS) Friday, April 17, 2009 – Jamaica’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator, the Honourable Dr. Ronald Robinson, is of the opinion that the Jamaica Diaspora Movement has not been affected by the change of government since September 2007.
At the first in a series of community/town hall meetings at the Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Robinson said that the Jamaica Diaspora Movement has not been affected by the changing fortunes of political parties and continues to enjoy bipartisan support.
Underscoring the work done by his predecessor Senator Delano Franklin under the previous administration, Dr. Robinson who now has portfolio responsibility for Diaspora Affairs, touted the progressive improvements seen in the Diaspora Movement.
These he said included the creation of the Jamaica Diaspora Foundation, chaired by Professor Rex Nettleford and the Jamaica Diaspora Institute under the executive direction of Professor Neville Ying.
