Young gal and bway Ja’s sweet, dangerous business
There is a common thread running through three prominent current cases of domestic murder in Jamaica. Stitching the killings together is the age gaps between…
81° West: Cartographic Explorations in Contemporary Caymanian Art
Part 1 Recently, I travelled to the Cayman Islands for several professional projects. One of these was the exhibition 81° West: Cartographic Explorations in Contemporary…
Review of And: A Memoir of My Mother by Isabel Adonis
Part 2 Part one of And: A Memoir of My Mother (2022) by Isabel Adonis was published on 8 October 2023. During the early years…
Review of And: A memoir of my mother by Isabel Adonis-part 1
Memoirs of public figures, written by family members or (former) friends, are often as revealing about the person who wrote the memoir as about the…
September 11, remembering and Peter Tosh
I feel like a stuck record (yes, remember when the black discs would have scratches and the needle would hit one and couldn’t go any…
Influence, appropriation, and plagiarism
Recently, there have been a number of high-profile lawsuits, internationally, that revolved around the practice of appropriation in art – the use and interpretations of…
Popularity not equivalent to influence
For an entertainer, being popular does not automatically equate to being influential to the same degree. And, here, I am using influence in reference to…
Finding (dis)interest in the Reggae Girlz
I lost interest in the Reggae Girlz just after the draw with Brazil that sent the team into the round of 16 at the recent…
Port Royal and Jamaica’s archaeological treasures
Recently, I was part of a lively discussion on Facebook regarding a display of archaeological finds from Port Royal, Jamaica, at the St Augustine Pirate…
Festival songs, from zero to surplus (with less gov’t input)
If ever there has been a tale of zero to surplus – in just about a decade at that – it is the Jamaica Festival…