‘Jamaica, Treasure Island’

We were in the check-in line at Fort Lauderdale airport when a man struck up a conversation with us.“So how long will you be in Jamaica?” he asked.“We live there,” we said. “You. Live. There?” he practically stuttered. “But you guys look okay!” We burst out laughing and assured him that we were quite okay. […]

People get ready, time to rock steady

So I contemplating, on words that ring over and over my headWhat a gwan, wit mi JamaicaWhat happen to the farthing? they give that back to the queen, what we getindependent. Hole, mi bean need fe turn.Alright, pon de real issuesUse to be, nice what to like it back twice, now me a wonder, if […]

My First Jamaican Birthday Party by American Retiree in Jamaica

Birthday parties are as unique and exciting as the person who plans the event. Birthday parties come as varied as just two special people having a candlelit dinner together to a gala bash with hundreds of guests in the grand ballroom of a swank hotel. What makes each party memorable is the love of the […]

Define “Diaspora”?

The term ‘diaspora’ is currently in fashionable use, but in the context that we use it – what does it actually mean? By ‘diaspora’ are we referring only to persons of Jamaican birth resident outside of Jamaica or does the _expression include say persons who qualify for a Jamaican passport through maternal/paternal heritage – i.e., […]