The 5 Mango Pedigrees That Only a Jamaican Can Relate To !!! Do You Think We Discriminate?
For my Jamaican-American children, mangoes are just mangoes. Imagine saving an East Indian mango amongst a bunch of other mangoes only to have one of your children eat it. Yes they left the other mangoes but ate the prized East Indian mango. They are surprised at your reaction toward them. Then you realize they also […]
She’s Sharing Her Chinese-Jamaican Heritage Through Film – An Interview With Filmmaker, Jeanette Kong
Jeanette Kong is a Jamaican-Chinese-Canadian documentary filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. Her feature directorial debut Finding Samuel Lowe won the Audience Choice Award at the ReelWorld Film Festival in Toronto and was shortlisted for Best Diaspora Documentary at the 2014 Africa Movie Academy Awards. Her short documentaries The Chiney Shop and Half: The Story of a Chinese-Jamaican Son both premiered in the Caribbean […]
Day 184 of 365 Things to Do, See & Eat in Jamaica – Try Some Jamaican Street Food
If you want to get some real Jamaican jerk, you should find a street vendor. The real thing is cooked on an outdoor grill over a fire made of pimento leaves and pimento wood. Jerk chicken or pork is the ultimate street food, and because it’s grilled, it’s healthy too. If you’re looking for another […]