If you've ever wanted to learn Jamaican patois, it just got a whole lot easier with the launch of an educational CD on which, set to music, is the alphabet and grammar as used in patois, designed to ...

"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 ...

Movies like "Cool Runnings" and "The Little Mermaid" include Jamaican stereotypes and globalize the distinct language known as Patois. 'One Love,' Bob Marley biopic, was a chance to get Jamaican ...

The Jamaican language well describes the roles of those who are swimming upstream against the tide of prejudice that Patois faces. It is a struggle of will and determination to carve out a tool of ...

Beloved educator, linguist, writer and poet Velma Pollard, known for her passion for Jamaica's Patwa language, passed away at her Kingston home on February 1 at the age of 87, leaving the regional ...