English Peas: A Kaleidoscope Of My Jamaican Childhood
Sunday was the day they came to Ivy Cottage. In the afternoon. After dinner. They came in their English cars – their Morris Oxfords and their Vauxhalls. Pale, sallow, freckle-faced men with knobbly white knees in khaki shorts; women with overbites; brown hair that was either straight and stringy or curled tight in a perm. […]
7 Reasons Jamaican Are The Most Chill People In The World
Jamaicans may be considered probably the most chill group of persons in the world. If you have ever interacted with them, you know the people from the small Caribbean island are a jovial and easy-going bunch. Here are 7 reasons why Jamaicans are considered the most “chill” people in the world. 1. Jamaicans Choose Their […]
Cutting The Navel String: A Kaleidoscope Of My Jamaican Childhood
When I met my sister Velma, shortly after my 16th birthday , I looked keenly for some resemblance, but saw only the shape of our father’s chiselled lips and his thick springy hair. She was working at the St. Elizabeth Parish Council’s offices in Black River as a secretary. I later learnt that he had […]
Lance: A Kaleidoscope Of My Jamaican Childhood
He was tall. He was dark. He was handsome and seemingly shy. He also came with a reputation. A sports reputation. I had heard the name from my days at Manchester School and our embarrassingly consistent beating in football by Knox College in Spaldings, also in Manchester. Lance Royale was a star on the football […]
9 Ways You Know A Jamaican Like You
Jamaicans are blunt and typically it does not take long to know if they like you or not. Both their body language and choice of words when talking to you will let you know right away. If you want to know if they do like you, here are some signs you can consider: 1. Jamaicans […]
THE BALM YARD: A Kaleidoscope Of My Jamaican Childhood
A woman want to hold down a man And want to do it as fast as she can Balmer say you bring a fowl And some silver in a bowl And I will fix you in the balm yard Chorus: Come along and watch the healing in the balm yard Halleluiah! Healing in the balm […]
25 of the Funniest Way Jamaican Ask Minibus Drivers to Stop
Jamaicans are known to be witty and often have a way with words. They use terms or phrases, street codes to communicate with different persons in different ways on different things. If you have ever travelled on a Jamaican minibus, you might have heard people (mostly men) request a stop in every other way except […]
The Toothache – My Dad’s Jamaica Stories From His Youth
As told by my dad Donald Cornwall (Pops). He had this toothache for a while…this was while he was a young man, living in the country, working at a Bakery in Maggoty, St. Elizabeth. It got to a point where he could no longer bear the pain as it was affecting his work. His boss […]
BRUMALIA: A Kaleidoscope Of My Jamaican Childhood
My stepfather Clement Thompson was a tall, slim man with shiny eyes and of very few words. I do not know how and when he came into my mother’s life. My first recollection of Mr. Thompson was on the day he married my mother. I was a flower girl, one of three, bedecked in white […]
Why Jamaicans Don’t Cook on Fridays – Jamaican Cultural Experts Andrea “Bumpyhead Gal” Hutchinson & Owen “Blakka” Ellis Explain
By tradition, Jamaicans do not cook at home on Fridays. During the rest of the week, they are happy to apply their exceptional cooking skills in their own kitchens, but Fridays are a different matter. Observers of Jamaican culture have often wondered why this should be. Why do Jamaicans take Friday as a day of […]