Harsh Crime Fighting Policies Keep the Peace in My Little Corner of the World

I am sitting in my study, looking through the window at a quiet cul-de-sac. Across the street is Lake Gibson. A cool wind blows from the lake, and thunder rumbles in the distance as dark clouds gather. It will rain soon. It always rains in Central Florida on summer afternoons. The scene is not as […]

Interview with Junior "Gabu" Wedderburn

This month we interview Junior “Gabu” Wedderburn master drummer of Broadway’s ‘The Lion King’., His drumming styles and music draws upon the traditional Jamaican ritual styles of Kumina, Afro-Christian Pocomania, Tambu, Bruckins, and Nyabinghi. He fuses this with African tribal drumming to create a unique sound that is universal..     1.Where in Jamaica are […]

Life Abroad… ‘Tory come to bump’

Sly Mongoose… you name reach abroad… (Sing wid mi nuh…cho, come again) sly mongoose y’u name gone abroad…one more time man, sly mongoose you name gone abroad… (Haw right now, stap, stap, stap, that is enough. Tenk y’u.)  Jamaicans are the most creative and determine beings in the whole wide world ‘mi ha tell y’u’ […]

Jamaica Day 2008

‘Jamaica Day’ 2008 (Keelesdale Park) Toronto. On July 26, thousands of fellow ‘yardies’ from all walks of life and some from as far as Ottawa and Montreal converge on Toronto to celebrate Jamaica Day 2008. The massive of people did not just simply show up though out of a sheer desire to come gallivant but […]