An interview with the Hon. Pearnel Charles

The Honorable Pearnel Charles, Minister of Labor and Social Security visited Atlanta recently and was interviewed by Jamaicans.com senior writer/editor, Glen Laman. What brings you to Atlanta?I am here to look for one of my daughters who works as a medical doctor here. Can you explain how you became an honorary chieftain in Nigeria?It’s a […]

Motivation: The Fires Burning Within

Even with close-up shots, it is impossible to see the boiling cauldron of intensity that exists at the bobsled start. The steely resolve etched on the athletes’ faces and hidden behind their helmets foretells the tremendous power that only becomes apparent when they push the 650 pound sled with a little help from gravity and […]

Interview With Dr. Kwame Dawes, Poet, Scholar, Novelist

Dr. Kwame Senu Neville Dawes is the Distinguished Poet in Residence, former Louis Frye Scudder Professor of Liberal Arts (University of South Carolina). He is now Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and editor-in-chief at Prairie Schooner magazine. He was born in Ghana but grew up in Jamaica where he attended Jamaica College […]