Is Rastafari the world’s view of Jamaica?

Recent events have me asking the questions “Is Rastafari all Jamaica has to offer the world?” The news media and business organizations have stereotyped the word Jamaica to mean Rastafari. It seems the world’s view of Jamaica as a place where Rastafari is the only thing that can be identified as Jamaican.  The new wave […]

It’s All About Dancing

“Nah, a just some badman forward, badman pull up tune dem.” While some vintage ‘80’s ‘badman’ tunes were playing in a crowded dance one night in Jamiaca, partygoers were shocked to see Ding Dong, one of the newest and hottest dancers, leaning against a wall, nodding to the rhythm. When asked why he wasn’t tearing […]

The More Things Change The More They Remain The Same

The more things change the more they remain the same – Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist and novelist Portia Lucretia Simpson-Miller or Mamma recently emerged as the next president of the People’s National Party (PNP) and Prime Minister designate of Jamaica. Many Jamaicans simply erupted into unrestricted euphoria upon hearing the news. Very few stopped […]

The Color of Love : Memoirs Of An Illegal Alien Part 20

Aunt Fern had been trying to get me to go to church with them for a while. I finally gave in. When I was in Jamaica my parents used to go to the Catholic church. It was more of a social club for me. I was an alter boy for a time. Aunt’s Ferns church […]