Bob Marley 1 : 0 Reggae Boys — Richard Grant

Reading Time 4 mins03/05/2017 Richard Grant It is Pan-African, Pan-Caribbean, Pan-World. It is Pan Man. It endears Jamaica to the entire world; the essence of the Rastaman Bob Marley’s music and philosophy. It is One Love. The One Love ideal of social relations works well as a cultural and political construct. It is inclusive; a necessary myth for nation building, for positive international relations and for world peace, but it severely limits the goal average of Jamaica’s football team. Let’s get to the point. Jamaicans need to make an important decision on February 6th 2017 about Bob Marley. Betta mus… Read More »Bob Marley 1 : 0 Reggae Boys — Richard Grant

“East of Flatbush, North of Love” by Danielle Brown, Ph.D.

Reading Time 4 minsA Review by Jeff Hercules If one word were acceptable as a review of Dr. Danielle Brown’s East of Flatbush, North of Love; An Ethnography of Home, the word would be, ‘Wow!’ All that would be left is for me to explain my review. It’s not often I read a book that speaks as if it were a replay of aspects of my life: This book does that. It’s not everyday I realize a book has information that would have made me a more knowledgeable student in school: This book would have done that. It’s also not everyday… Read More »“East of Flatbush, North of Love” by Danielle Brown, Ph.D.

Independence and Nation-Making – Caldwell Taylor

Reading Time 1 mins    Independence and Nation-Making  by Caldwell Taylor A Nation is the ecstatic electricity that inhabits May Fortune’s* voice A Nation is the healing thunder of Sugar Adams’ * drum A Nation is a concert of comforting conceits A Nation is  the repository of our dreams And a Nation is the insurgent sea that lifts our boats our nets  our hopes  our heroes  our sheroes.   A Nation is a site and sight of struggle, a thing calypsonian “Black Wizard” noted: “If you want to get rid of Babylon and build a just Nation You’ve got to struggle… Read More »Independence and Nation-Making – Caldwell Taylor

Happy Earthday to Brother Bob Marley, the Trench Town Messiah – Martin P. Felix

Reading Time 2 mins2017-02-06 Martin P. Felix “Nathanael said to him, ‘Can anything good come out of Nazareth?‘ Philip said to him, ‘Come and see‘.“ — John 1:46. Like his biblical counterpart, Bob Marley took a socratic approach to unpack that recurring question loaded with upper class prejudice: “Can anything good come out of Trench Town?” and, with Philipian confidence, answered in the affirmative “…everyone see what’s taking place… / Another page in history.” And indeed it is. Bob Marley was born on this day, February 6, 72 years ago in rural Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica but later moved to Trench Town where he spent his formative… Read More »Happy Earthday to Brother Bob Marley, the Trench Town Messiah – Martin P. Felix

Sir Alister McIntyre, “The Caribbean Man” – Winthrop R. Holder [3 of 3]

Reading Time 8 mins2017/01/28 Preparing UWI for the Challenges of the 21st Century: An Interview with Vice Chancellor Sir Alister McIntyre [**Reprint**] Link to part 1 Link to part  2 “If we don’t know from where we comin’ / Then we cyah plan where we goin”. – Black Stalin, Caribbean Unity (1979) Born in St. Georges, Grenada, Sir Meredith Alister McIntyre is considered one of the Caribbean’s eminent thought shapers and academicians. This highly celebrated Caribbean integrationist and internationalist has served the Caribbean in various capacities, representing the region in many international forums. The December 12, 2016, launch of Sir McIntyre’s book, The Caribbean And The… Read More »Sir Alister McIntyre, “The Caribbean Man” – Winthrop R. Holder [3 of 3]

Sir Alister McIntyre, “The Caribbean Man” – Winthrop R. Holder [2 of 3]

Reading Time 6 mins2017-01-25 Preparing UWI for the Challenges of the 21st Century: An Interview with Vice Chancellor Sir Alister McIntyre [**Reprint**] Link to part 1 “If we don’t know from where we comin’ / Then we cyah plan where we goin”. – Black Stalin, Caribbean Unity (1979) Born in St. Georges, Grenada, Sir Meredith Alister McIntyre is considered one of the Caribbean’s eminent thought shapers and academicians. This highly celebrated Caribbean integrationist and internationalist has served the Caribbean in various capacities, representing the region in many international forums. The December 12, 2016, launch of Sir McIntyre’s book, The Caribbean And The Wider World: Commentaries on… Read More »Sir Alister McIntyre, “The Caribbean Man” – Winthrop R. Holder [2 of 3]

Sir Alister McIntyre, “The Caribbean Man” – Winthrop R. Holder [1 of 3]

Reading Time 5 mins2017-01-22 Preparing UWI for the Challenges of the 21st Century [**Reprint**] “If we don’t know from where we comin’ / Then we cyah plan where we goin”. – Black Stalin, Caribbean Unity (1979) Born in St. Georges, Grenada, Sir Meredith Alister McIntyre is considered one of the Caribbean’s eminent thought shapers and academicians. This highly celebrated Caribbean integrationist and internationalist has served the Caribbean in various capacities, representing the region in many international forums. The December 12, 2016, launch of Sir McIntyre’s book, The Caribbean And The Wider World: Commentaries on My Life and Career, has come with great anticipation because of… Read More »Sir Alister McIntyre, “The Caribbean Man” – Winthrop R. Holder [1 of 3]

A TRIBUTE TO E.R., AND ALSO TO THE GREAT TEACHERS OF THE WORLD

Reading Time 1 minsSidney, Mr Fox, and the Paid Servant, was the title of E.R. Braithwaite’s novel published in 1962. In his The Measure of A Man , a spiritual autobiography, Sidney [Poitier] writes: “When I was a boy there was a schoolhouse, and it was one room. Sometimes we went and sometimes we didn’t, because we were in the fields most of the time . “I got to Nassau at ten and a half, and I quit school at twelve, so what I picked up between Cat [Cat island] and Nassau was just  just enough to read the basics.   “But I had… Read More »A TRIBUTE TO E.R., AND ALSO TO THE GREAT TEACHERS OF THE WORLD

19th October, 1983: As the crows fly above…

Reading Time 3 minsAL ROUGIER on OCTOBER 15, 2016 As the crows fly above, the sun re-emerges after the light drizzle that moistened the bodies of the protesting crowd. Their bodies glistening with the mixture of sweat and raindrops, and pure adrenaline. At this point, Maurice is surrounded by his comrades, in the Operations Room where major decisions are being made. There is a mixture of adults and youths, young and old alike, male and female, supporters and new supporters. With this deadly cocktail of people where values and ethics differ, comes the deadly decision made by his populace who… Read More »19th October, 1983: As the crows fly above…