When Did I Become Black?
As a young boy growing up in Jamaica, I never encountered prejudice or discrimination as related to racism. In fact, our (Jamaican) motto is “Out of many one people.” At an early age, I was fully aware of the struggles of my fore parents in their fight against slavery and colonialism. I was also equally […]
Book Review – Going For the Gold
Review by: Artley F. Edwards, Adjunct Professor, Cleveland State University. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. “Going For Gold” is an up-to-the-minute, play-by-play, behind-the-scenes triumphant staging of the World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Kingston, Jamaica, July 2002. In just 84 pages of print and well-positioned photographs, Royale Davis manages to capture the essence of the World […]
Book Review – Reggae Silver
PRAISE FOR REGGAE SILVER “Reggae Silver is an exceptional work that captures the unique spirit of Jamaica and its music.” claims Kevin O’Brien Chang, author, Reggae Routes: the Story of Jamaican Music. “This narrative is so life-like that it puts to shame many of the non-fiction books I’ve read on the music.” says Lionel Gayle, […]
Diabetes and You
Diabetes and the Ministry It was identified at a recent conference that diabetes is of growing concern in Jamaica. Diabetes and other chronic diseases account for more than 50 percent of deaths in the country. It is one of the top five reasons for hospital visits in Jamaica. The Ministry of Health has developed a […]
Brutality Gender Race- Part 2
Jamaica’s murder rate has again in 2003 soared to unprecedented high levels already eroding previous records this on the down side of what was a crazy year. Peter Phillips the Prime Minister designate has been chanting, “have no fear”. As Minister of National Security Phillips has presided over a murky state drenched in oceans of […]
Race Relations :Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 9
Ever since I moved to Miami I sensed the tension between people of different races but could never put my finger on it. Reading Jet magazine in Jamaica was part of what of instilled some of my perception of race. The magazine was filed with incidents of racism & initially I thought that was the […]
What It Means To Me
There are many important events that had happened in our culture, and heritage. Black history month is a time to remember and appreciate these events. “Black history”, my history is a way of seeing and learning from the past and using it as a guide for our future. The question is, why is black history […]
Ahead of their Time
The story of Alexander Bedward, movingly told in the play of the same name by Louis Marriott, (now on at the Ward Theatre) is an allegory of the struggle of people of colour to take their rightful place in post-emancipation Jamaica. Bedward took the spiritual road, Garvey took the socio-economic path and Claude McKay chose […]
JAMAICA DICTIONARY: X-Y-Z
JAMAICA DICTIONARY: X-Y-ZDo all your Jamaican friends laugh at you every time you open your mouth and try to speak Jamaican? Jamaicanize your vocabulary here with our words that start with X-Y-ZIf you don’t see a term, tell us and we’ll put it up X X-amount: used to describe any amount. Y ya man: yes […]
JAMAICA DICTIONARY:W
JAMAICA DICTIONARY:WDo all your Jamaican friends laugh at you every time you open your mouth and try to speak Jamaican? Jamaicanize your vocabulary here with our words that start with W. If you don’t see a term, tell us and we’ll put it up. Wwhappen: what’s happening, what’s up,a greeting to what’s going onwhite liver: […]
