Giving Governor Musgrave His Due

The Musgave medal is, unquestionably, stamped with the history of exploitation.

Too thief or unconscionable? Tek yu pick!

Fi wi Jamaican language direct an to di point./ Fi wi Jamiekan langgwij dairek an tu di paint./ Our Jamaican language is direct and to the point.

West Indian No, Caribbean Yes!

What’s in a name?  A whole history of exploitative ‘discovery’ that must be contested!

A Degree in Social Media Influencing?

The celebration of the 75th anniversary of The UWI is an excellent occasion for the institution to move much more quickly beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries and embrace new configurations of scholarship.

Justine Henzell Artfully Producing Culture

At the launch of the 2023 staging of Calabash, Justine was in her element. Not quite in the limelight, but certainly not backstage!

Devon House Management On the Defensive

A lot of children do not seem to be getting any home training. They must be given some guidance at school about civic responsibility.

Vybz Kartel Fi National Hero

Adidja shoulda never ha fi skull school fi go a studio./ Adidja shuda neva a fi skol skuul fi go a styuudiyo./ Adidja should never have had to skip school to go in studio. 

Cornell Takes a Leaf Out Of UWI’s Book

It is decidedly ironic that even well-intentioned academics who engage in the radical process of decolonisation can appear to be perpetrators of cultural imperialism. Putting the US at the centre of a movement for transformation in the West and marginalising institutions like The University of the West Indies!

Unmasking the white witch of King’s House

In the absence of facts, all we can do is conjecture.

A Lie Dem a Tell Pon Lady Musgrave?

Lady Musgrave did have vision. Wi fi stop tear her down./ Lady Musgrave did av vijan. Wi fi stap tier ar dong./ Lady Musgrave had vision. We should stop tearing her down.