On 13 June 2025, the P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa-Caribbean Advocacy at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, held a monumental press conference for the official launch of the Africa-Caribbean Hub for Generative Artificial Intelligence at The UWI, Mona. This pioneering AI Hub project is a collaborative initiative between The UWI’s P.J.… Continue reading The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy announce AI Generative Hub for Africa and the Caribbean
The following is the address by former Prime Minister PJ Patterson during the launch of the AI project at the University of the West Indies on Wednesday, June 11. Colleagues and friends, pardon me if I begin on a note of nostalgia. It is 71 years ago that I entered these hallowed precincts. At… Continue reading The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy launches AI Intelligence Hub
The Pan-Africanists by Barrington Watson, OJ, completed in 1998. This outstanding painting honours 17 global activists for African liberation and universal human rights who, by their heroic struggles and self-confident vision, have reshaped the development of Africa, its diaspora, and the world today. The master painter, Jamaican-born Barrington Watson, had always felt that self-image… Continue reading The Pan-Africanist Mural unveiled at the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy
In a momentous celebration of his 90th birthday, former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, the Statesman-in-Residence of the PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy, gifted the University of the West Indies (The UWI) a replica of Barrington Watson’s renowned 1998 painting, ‘The Pan-Africanists’. The mural was unveiled on Saturday, April 12 at the PJ… Continue reading Mural unveiled of famous ‘The Pan-Africanists’
By Mr Arnold Bertram The traditional narrative of PJ Patterson’s contribution to Jamaica’s development focuses almost exclusively on the major projects conceived and implemented during his tenure, first as cabinet minister and later as prime minister. What remains under-documented is the early years of his life’s journey which prepared him for his major role… Continue reading Celebration of PJ Patterson’s 90th Birthday
By The Most Hon. PJ Patterson, ON, OCC, KC., Statesman-In-Residence April 12, 2025 In the course of human civilisation, there have been distinctive catalytic epochs. The recurrent changes in the stream of knowledge are currently reflected by the transition from the atomic age to one that is technology driven. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is now… Continue reading Development and Prosperity for Global Africa
In Memoriam: Dr. Keith Audley Alexander Ellis (1935–2024) Keith Audley Alexander Ellis, FRSC, DFil (University of Havana). CD (Jamaica), Professor Emeritus University of Toronto (Spanish and Portuguese), passed away peacefully on December 28, 2024, at the age of 89, after a life devoted to his family, learning, teaching and social justice through culture, especially literary… Continue reading In Memoriam: Professor Keith Ellis
The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy joins in the fitting commemoration of Emancipation Day across Jamaica, the wider Caribbean and nations on the African Continent. “This day of great historical significance commemorates the end of an era of unimaginable suffering and the dawn of freedom for our ancestors, who endured the brutalities… Continue reading Emancipation Day Message 2024
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