Review: Actress and Author Andrene Bonner – Old Jamaican Bragadaps – New Age Performance
Andrene Bonner’s new approach to living room entertainment is a bonoonoonoos boost for the Caribbean and its Diaspora. She is one of a handful who has carried the light of Jamaican theatre to North America. The theatre scene in Jamaica is rich, multilayered, and Caribbean-affirming. It’s black people being able to do classical Equus, The […]
Interview with Sharon Gordon and Carlyle McKetty of The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR)
This week we interview Sharon Gordon and Carlyle McKetty of The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR). The Coalition to Preserve Reggae Music (CPR) is a charitable organization, established in 2005 to bring reggae lovers together to work to preserve the art form and its traditional message of healing and unity. Sharon and Carlyle are […]
How To Prepare Hair Before A Relaxer
So you want to chemically alter your curls and you are wondering what you should do before you relax your hair. Relaxing your natural hair is a big step to take; it is also very permanent solution to getting straighter hair. Which means, if you decide to change your mind tomorrow then you might have […]
5 Hair Care Tips For Relaxed Hair
For years black women have been bombarded with hair care information and for the most part, most of this information has been wrong. Mainly because the persons who disseminated the information had no clue as to the science behind black hair. With the advent of persons like Cathy Howse and others who dared to prove […]
That tenant in my Jamaican home tore up the notice I gave him
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz,On a recent visit to Jamaica, I gave my tenant notice to leave premises. He actually tore it up and cursed at me. Can I still get him removed?Shara Kayn LEGAL WIZ: Dear Shara KaynYou can. It does’nt matter that he, the tenant tore up the notice-to-quit to have him removed from […]
Legal Wiz: He’s taking over my house in Trench Town, Jamaica, but I want it back!
QUESTION: Dear Legal Wiz,I left Jamaica for Canada, over 10 years ago, but I do make a few trips to my home in Trench Town, an inner-city area of Kingston Jamaica. The man who was given permission, by my sister, to live there as a tenant has stopped paying rent and now is threatening us.When […]
QUOTABLE CARIBBEAN – October 4, 2011
“I cannot allow the challenges we face and the issues that we as a people must confront to be smothered or overpowered by this saga and the emotions that they ignite. It would not be fair to my country; it would not be fair to my party. It was about a breach of our Constitution […]
Our Picks of Jamaican Top 12 Famous Jamaicans
You can find famous Jamaicans worldwide in every aspect of life and different professions, from fashion to sports to politics to entertainment. This list of famous Jamaican could be exhaustive so we have compiled a list of our top 12. Be sure to add your favorites to this list. During the year leading up to […]
One People, One Documentary..Celebrating Jamaica 50 – Submit Your Story Today!!!
We have partnered with 1962 Productions Limited on their OnePeople project. OnePeople is a collaborative documentary that invites people worldwide to contribute footage to celebrate Jamaica’s global reach 50 years after independence. On August 6th, 2011 we pose the question “What does Jamaica mean to you?” with the aim that a global community of creative minded […]
Book Review: The Goat Woman of Largo Bay
About the BookThe Goat Woman of Largo Bay begins the detective series featuring Shad, a bartender in a fishing village in Jamaica, who is the community problem solver and right hand of Eric, an American who owns the bar and a hotel left in ruins by a hurricane. When Shad sees movement on the island […]