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

Like athletics, the Calabash festival is one of the positives that is redeeming Jamaica from our dread reputation as a deadly country ..read more

Lamming claimed the fortification of his own origins in the chattel house ..read more

Govament better stop form fool an start protect Jamaica future. Govament beta stap faam fuul an staat protek Jamieka fyuucha. The government had better stop forming the fool and start protecting Jamaica’s future.  ..read more

The teaching of West Indian literature at UWI could have enabled the healing of the ruptures of language, culture and society ..read more

My Aunty Roachy seh dat Jamaica people have a whole heap a Culture an Tradition an Birthright dat han dung to dem from generation to generation. All like de great philosophy of we Jamaica proverbs-dem. Mmmm. My Aunty Roachy says that the Jamaican people have a powerful Culture and Traditions and a Birthright that have been handed down to them from generation to generation. Such as the great philosophy of our Jamaican proverbs. Mmmm ..read more

The imported tools of empire made the young Walcott envious, alienating him from his own culture. He would later claim both English and his own St Lucian Creole as intimate languages to voice his distinctive Caribbean identity ..read more

Una Marson's extraordinary life is an inspiration for young women today. She accomplished so much in spite of the circumstances of her times ..read more

Marley's Redemption Song is both a rejection of evangelical Christian orthodoxy and an affirmation of a new redemptive vision. So, Marley pays tribute to Marcus Garvey, who prophetically declared, "We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind ..read more

The twelfth staging of the Calabash International Literary Festival, a month ago, was dubbed 'globalicious' by Kwame Dawes, the programmer for the event. And it certainly was both global and delicious. The calabash was full to the brim and running over with both literary and musical delicacies ..read more