Jamaican cuisine comes to Okemos
There’s a picture on the wall of Louise Bennett.
Not Bob Marley. Louise Bennett, a Jamaican poet and folklorist.
"She is the first iconic female to take the language of Jamaica global," Shawn Fearon said. "She paved the way for Bob Marley.
I have a soft spot in my heart for females, because I grew up with a single mom. I appreciate talented, hardworking women."
The art on the walls, which shows Jamaica’s Blue Mountain, Dunn’s River Falls, a bobsled team, cricket and the Reggae Boys tells a story of Jamaica, he says.