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More Thank You Miss Lou Tributes

Miss Lou

Nordia Campbell – [email protected] Thursday, April 29, 2004 – 1:58 AM Hi there Miss Louis.I was born ad raised in jamaica…I came here about 4 years ago(America). Growing up in school I’ve acted out and recite many of you work….I myself is a poet but like i always seh….nobody good like you!!!! I rally enjoy […]

Domino …." A Big Sinting Abroad."

Domino… ” A Big Sinting Abroad.” Yea Mon! Ebry Satideh throughout the bittah cowl wintry months Jumakecans and other Caribbean-Nationals here in Toronto link-up at the Marcus Garvey Centre for Learning & Enterprise to play or cheer on their favorite team in the (CDL) Canada Domino League Championship Tournaments . Yes Iyah! Although many a […]

Memba some more – Remember This in Jamaica

When Air Jamaica had stewardess with looks and manners. “Teenage Dance Party” on JBC radio. “Music for a Sunday Afternoon” on JBC radio. Grundig Telefunken radio/record player was the thing to boast about! Children’s Own newspaper in Primary School. Radcliffe Butler on RJR with ‘The Butler Did It’, ‘Midnight Mood’. Dorothy La Croix (Dottie Dean). […]

Jamaicans.com Weekly Poll

RawHTML: Caribbean American Voting in the November 2006 U.S. Elections Do you think Caribbean American voters will have an impact on the November 2006 US elections? YES NO

How Stella Lost Her Groove In Jamaica

It was a regular, sunny day in Negril. The sky was clear, the air was fresh, and the sun had kissed the sky blue water with its warmth. It was a perfect day for the beach. My friends and I were vacationing after a wedding and decided to take a trip along the 7 mile […]

Jamaican Hall of Fame: Colin Powell, A Soldier and a Statesman

(Generals Loeffke and Powell before Congress in 1993.) Maj. Gen. Bernard Loeffke led an effort to rebuild 27homes with sanitation through Food For The Poor in the Peacemakers Community of Hope, located in the town of Spring Pass in Hamstead, St.Thomas,Jamaica. Loeffke says he chose Jamaica because it is the birthplace of Food For The Poor and is the homeland of the parents of another General, his dear friend Gen. Colin L. Powell who supported the community. Loeffke plans to share his recent experience with Food For The Poor at the 50th Anniversary of White House Fellows 2015 Leadership Conference in the Washington, D.C., October 22-24.

“Make something of your Life!”……..A phrase Colin L Powell’s parents used to recite. Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in New York City’s Harlem District to Jamaican parents, Theopolis and Maud Powell. Powell’s father, Luther Theopolis Powell grew up in Top Hill Jamaica and his mother, Maud Ariel Mckoy, affectionately known as […]

Definition

O black man… my brotherArise!!!You are not whoMen say you areYou are whoYour Creator says you areOne fearfully and wonderfully made No my brotherDo not beBent over any longerBy the oppressive liesGet up! Stand Up!Lift your headStand proud! Stand tall!In the regality and majesty of your raceThat’s your inheritanceYou are of royal lineageWear your blackness […]

Strong Roots

Many days go by, When I stop and think if my life is a lie. I wonder why, I turned out to be so shy, Or can’t stop eating junk food, No matter how hard I try.   The fact is, as I take one perspective, It is the Lord who has made me, And […]

Children stories read in Jamaican Patois (patwa)

Teach yourself Jamaican patois/patwa with children stories. Listen and watch the videos of children’s stories, including Dr Suess, read in Jamaican Patois. We have over 40 books you can hear in Jamaican Patois.