Jamaica Book Festival seeks to boost Afro-Caribbean ties

Jamaica Book Festival seeks to boost Afro-Caribbean ties

The Jamaica Book Festival is working to build a literary bridge between the Caribbean and Africa. An exchange between the regions that started this week in Kingston brings together writers, publishers, and other cultural figures for readings and workshops that draw on their shared histories. “Too often, African and Caribbean literary communities operate in proximity without genuine infrastructure for dialogue — sharing ancestry, colonial histori…