May 4th

LIFE FORM: Everald Brown's Cotton Duppy Tree, 1994. Below: exhibit curators Smythe-Johnson and Lawrence speak at the opening.

May 4th

An account of the launch of Hilary Beckles's book, Britain's Black Debt, in Jamaica Continue reading →

May 3rd


TEAM EFFORT: May 2, St. Andrew. Singer Tony Rebel, broadcaster Nadine Blair, and ace athlete Yohan Blake are the newest ambassadors of the I Believe Initiative of Jamaica.

May 3rd

I came up with this nifty idea for a new series of blog [...]

May 3rd

So I mentioned to one or two people that I felt a little weird that everything was going so smoothly. I was getting support from the boyfriend, the parents, the boss. I had quickly identified a tenant to sublet my apartment. I had gotten my passport documents submitted without issue. It just seemed like things were working out too perfectly.

May 3rd

WHEN IT HITS: The reggae icon in his element, circa 1975.

May 3rd

Our past abounds with moments in which music was used to lighten hard labour. Music is an indelible part of who we are as Jamaicans so it's no mystery that music played such an important role in our work/labour history. Continue reading »

May 3rd

This week’s three posts all explore a similar topic — being comfortable in one’s own body — yet diverge on that theme in markedly different ways.
Bikini Body

This, friends, is a cultural phenomenon that confounds me.

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