Day 2 was chock full of delicious bites of poetry, stories and various literary works. The day started with Jamaican poets and writers, Milicent Graham, Ann Margaret Lim and Jamaica's Poet Laureate, Mervyn Morris. Then the day proceeded with writers such as Zadie Smith who carried the audience on an imagery travel through Cameroon and … Continue reading The Calabash Experience 2014 – Day 2
Category: Jamaican Writers
The Calabash Experience 2014 – Day 1
Beverly East greeted us with her UK accent and Jamaican storytelling. She recapped her life in UK and her childhood with her grandma in the country. Serious and Funny were the chapters, as she took the audience 50 years back in a time when Jamaican immigration was at its highest.Grandma 6 rules surely had the … Continue reading The Calabash Experience 2014 – Day 1
Mosquito and Chikungunya cartoon, humor
This is what it looks like when I come out of my house in the mornings. Serious attack by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes during the chikungunya epidemic.
Jamaican Review: Phillips and Phillips, Forgotten Feet manager uses intimidation and bullying tactics after review
I wrote a review based off my very bad experience with Jamaican shoe store Phillips and Phillips, Forgotten Feet in New Kingston, Jamaica and many other places for that matter, that's what I do, I am a writer. Usually, I highlight some of my encounters in hopes that others may learn to up their A-game and … Continue reading Jamaican Review: Phillips and Phillips, Forgotten Feet manager uses intimidation and bullying tactics after review
Jamaican Health: Jamaica, The Chikungunya virus FAQ
Jamaica is facing an epidemic, the Chikungunya virus, like it has never seen before in its history. Contrary to reports, there are thousands of people in Jamaica with the chikungunya virus; not the measly 37 that's been officially report. Our hospitals, medical centers and clinics are filled with ailing people, walking around like patients with … Continue reading Jamaican Health: Jamaica, The Chikungunya virus FAQ
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – Genetics and parental influence on a child’s behaviour
I am my mother's child, and my father's as well. The older I get the more I learn and the more stories I hear of my parent's past that makes me go, "OH! I see where I get that from." Like my mother. Not until her golden years, have I realized how much of a … Continue reading The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree – Genetics and parental influence on a child’s behaviour
Jamaican Health: Jamaica and The Chikungunya virus in Cartoons
Jamaica is now feeling the mild wrath of the Chikungunya Virus. This is the situation, captured aptly by Clovis.
Jamaican Review: Phillips and Phillips, Forgotten Feet should most definitely be forgotten
Shoes, the thought of owning them would drive any female's mind into a state of euphoria. Good shoes, designer shoes, sexy shoes, stylish shoes, unique shoes. Wedges, heels, sandals, slippers, boots, flats, booties, clogs, espadrilles, oxfords, platforms, pumps, sneakers etc. Shoes; that one word would bring anxiety to the mind of any man, in regards … Continue reading Jamaican Review: Phillips and Phillips, Forgotten Feet should most definitely be forgotten
Jamaican Health: The Politics of Chikungunya
Over the past few days, I have closely observed and concluded that we have hit a yet another political low by politicizing the Chikungunya Virus. But am I surprised? Well not quite. It happened with the death of Mario Dean, it happened with the JUTC and so many other issues. One activist who seems to … Continue reading Jamaican Health: The Politics of Chikungunya
Miss Jamaica World Stirs Racial Debate
Reblolgged from Dimitri Lyon On Saturday, July 12, 2014 Laurie-Ann Chin was crowned the 2014 Miss Jamaica World, and almost immediately there were some Jamaicans who voiced their dissatisfaction with the winner of the pageant. Although I did not view the pageant, I gathered from the vitriol posted online that the dissatisfaction stemmed not from … Continue reading Miss Jamaica World Stirs Racial Debate
Jamaica Pen Publishers 