‘Dervan made the diaspora feel seen, heard, and connected’

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Lester HindsJournalist at Jamaica Gleaner

August 29, 2026

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‘Dervan made the diaspora feel seen, heard, and connected’

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Jamaicans at home and in the diaspora woke Friday morning to news that Dervan Malcolm, the popular host of The Jamaican Diaspora Live Online, heard Saturdays on Power 106 FM, had died.

The Jamaican Diaspora Live Online gave a voice not only to Jamaicans doing well in the diaspora, but also connected the Jamaican community abroad to its homeland. It also highlighted Jamaican businesses, whether start-up or established, while spotlighting members of the diaspora who had made, or were making, their mark on the societies of their adopted countries.

As news of his death spread, tributes poured in from across the world for Malcolm, who would have turned 51 on October 13 this year.

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