Review: Kudos….Anancy Festival

The Kingston leg of the inaugural Anancy Festival got underway on Saturday June 11, 2011 at the Tom Redcam Library with BIAJ Publishing Director and author, Kellie Magnus, thanking all who had turned out. She welcomed them to what promised to be an enjoyable and fun-filled afternoon ; and it was! The Festival was appropriately […]

Traditional Jamaican Happy Birthday Song – Video and Lyrics

Some birthday traditions in Jamaica are very similar to what you will find in the rest of the world; birthday candles, birthday cake, and games. In Jamaica, however, we have a special Birthday Song. For many Jamaicans growing in Jamaica, this song would be sung at a birthday party. Here is the traditional Jamaican Happy […]

On Clifton Brown and Community Justice: Nobody Canna Cross It

By now, most of us have encountered the viral video “Nobody Canna Cross It (Bus Can Swim)” that has swept the social media newsfeeds in the past two weeks. I, for one, have watched this video over and over again and have shared several versions on my wall. As I was “deading” with laughter, however, […]