When Did I Become Black?

As a young boy growing up in Jamaica, I never encountered prejudice or discrimination as related to racism. In fact, our (Jamaican) motto is “Out of many one people.” At an early age, I was fully aware of the struggles of my fore parents in their fight against slavery and colonialism. I was also equally […]

Quotes for letters to GMR Team

Folks have been waking up to the Good Morning Revolution Team…found in Jamaica prime time monthly on our homepage. Here are some of your responses. ——————————————————————————– I have to admit that When I saw the title “A job interview in Jamaica’s Bustling Hell Industry…..”, I didn’t expect the article to be about what it turned […]

The Taino of Jamaica

The prehistory of Jamaica saw three separate waves of colonization by Amerindian peoples. Somewhere between 5,000 BC and 4,000 BC saw the arrival of the Guanahatabey or Ciboney people, who followed a now submerged chain of small islands that used to run from the eastern Yucatan through to Cuba and Jamaica. They were a cave-dwelling […]