Novelist Marlon James: Jamaica’s First Man Booker Prize Winner and Creator of ‘Get Millie Black’

Novelist Marlon James: Jamaica’s First Man Booker Prize Winner and Creator of ‘Get Millie Black’

By Staff Writer, Jamaicans.com | Photo Credit: Jamaicans.com Marlon James, born on 24 November 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica, has become one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary literature. Raised in the vibrant and complex tapestry of Jamaican culture, James was deeply influenced by the oral storytelling traditions that surrounded him. His parents, both in academia—his […]

Sundown Road Strikes a Chillingly Familiar Chord

Sundown Road Strikes a Chillingly Familiar Chord

New AfroPoP Digital Short is the perfect spooky story for the season and for our times The experience portrayed in the latest AfroPoP Digital Short, Sundown Road, is chillingly familiar. You’re driving on a back road in Anytown USA. Your car breaks down. Your mobile signal is lost. The sun begins to set and there doesn’t seem […]