Interview with Jamaican Marcia M. Mayne Founder of the Peenie Wallie Book Club
Books play an important role in the Jamaican and Caribbean Diaspora to keep the heritage alive. Three year ago Marcia M. Mayne founded the Peenie Wallie Book Club which is based in New York City. This month we interview Marcia about the book club and Caribbean books. q: When did you book club start?The formal […]
The Other Side of Paradise : Book Review
About this Book For Karlyna Bancroft, this fiesty, free spirited thirty-one year old Island girl, returning home to assist in her failing family business was definitely not on her agenda. At the indirect request of her ailing father to come home and after several years living in the United States and barely surviving financially, Karlyna Bancroft […]
Little Lion Goes for Gold – Jamaican Book Review
About the Book Little Lion leads the pack! Young Zachariah Zion returns for his third challenge – winning a medal for his school’s track team. At first, his little legs fail him, but with hard work and help from his father, he rises to the occasion. The book is written in rhyme and is meant for […]
Replacing a lost or stolen Jamaican Passport
Replacing a lost or stolen Jamaican Passport If you’ve ever been to one of the Jamaican Consulates you’ve definitely witnessed all the frustration and headache that comes with obtaining a Jamaican passport. The guidelines and standards that they follow have recently been heightened and the associates at the consulate are making sure that all applicants […]
Ferdie the fisherman in Negril : Book Review
About the Book: Ferdie the Fisherman in Negril In 1968 on a return trip to Jamaica, I visited Negril for the first time, and had the great pleasure of meeting Ferdie the fisherman, and sharing a little of his world. Negril is located on the extreme southwestern tip of Jamaica and is surrounded by marshlands. Very […]
Oracle of the Sun Gods: Book Review
About this Book Oracle of the Sun Gods is a story that follows several young African-American college students as they embark on their summer school exchange program to Sudan. They are forced to take a look at life, love, the unquenchable thirst of youthful ambitions, and examine how the most simple and innocuous decisions can change […]
Jamaica Year in Review 2008
This year, it was the natural resilience of the Jamaican people which helped them overcome social, financial and natural disasters such as escalating crime mainly among young males,the ravages of Cash-Minus and of seasonal hurricanes.Then there were the sparks? showers? of gold emitting out of Beijing, the achievement of a clothing designer who copped the contract […]
‘Souldance’ – dancing through real life with power and beauty : Jamaican Book Review
About the Book : Soul Dance captures the voice of every Jamaican, as well as their thoughts and dreams. Taken from writings spanning Jean Lowrie-Chin’s 30-year career, the pieces reflect the events that uplift, as well as burden, Jamaican society. Her peotry is both universal and prophetic, from the warnings against the rat race in […]
Saint Kitts and Nevis: The situation of homosexuals
state protection and availability of support groups Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa Information on the situation of homosexuals in Saints Kitts and Nevis (also known as St. Christopher and Nevis) was scarce among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. However, a country report on HIV/AIDS in Saint Kitts and Nevis […]
A Year In Review
Another year has come and gone. It has been a very busy year for me. Life has been anything but boring since I retired to Jamaica. The year began with my having tendonitis of the left knee which made it impossible for me to drive my standard transmission car. Try as I might, I just […]