From Missis Queen To Dancehall and Reggae Royalty

There’s another queen in the news. Not one imposed on us from abroad. She’s royalty born and bred a yard.

Bringing “the Race Issue” Out Of the Closet

It would be political suicide for Mark Golding, a white Jamaican, to censure his black colleagues for telling their own truth about racial politics in Jamaica. This would, undoubtedly, be seen as proof that he is not sufficiently sensitive to issues of race to be able to lead the PNP.

Big Tingz a Gwaan fi VP Records

Miss Pat book pretty-pretty cyaan done. A Maria Papaefstathiou, one graphic artist from Greece, design it./Miss Pat buk priti-priti kyaahn don. A Maria Papaefstathiou, wan grafik aatis fram Griis, dizain it./Miss Pat's book is absolutely beautiful. It was designed by Maria Papaefstathiou, a graphic artist from Greece.

Freedom at Bob Marley Beach and Cane River Falls

The pages of history reveal that generations of underprivileged Jamaicans have suffered through seas of oppression. They must be fully freed. That’s the promise of Bob Marley’s Cane River vision.

Emancipating the Jamaican Language Lickle-Lickle

Politicians must concede that if the Jamaican language is an appropriate tool of communication for election campaigns, it should also be recognised as appropriate for the business of Parliament.

Fi Wi Artist Dem a Lose Out

Fi di lickin a di spoon, nuff Jamaican artist a go lose di spoonful./ Fi di likin a di spuun, nof Jamiekan aatis a go luuz di spuunful./ For the licking of the spoon, many Jamaican artists are going to lose the spoonful.

Doing Business In the Jamaican Language

If we are to become a truly emancipated and independent nation, we must claim both English and Jamaican as our official languages.

Language Lessons At the Pharmacy

Despite the prime minister’s grand rhetoric, I imagine that even he uses the Jamaican language on the job.

Taking Andrew Holness At His Word

Why is the Ministry of Education not transforming language teaching? Could it be that the elite do not really want every child to become proficient in English? The high-status language would no longer be a big stick to blunt the child’s imagination.

Cecil Cooper Foundation Presents ‘Art Talk’

Proceeds of the auction and the sale of select pieces from the exhibition will go to the Cecil Cooper Scholarship Fund for students at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.