Stories about Jamaica from May, 2008
Jamaica: Outdated Citizenship Laws
Jamaican Francis Wade blogs about the controversy surrounding politicians having dual citizenship: “We simply cannot have our cake and eat it too. While the high-minded goal of having leaders with undivided loyalty is fine, our attempts to ensure that desire through the laws of citizenship are outdated, and reflect very...
Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica: Lyrical Content
ttgapers.com reports that Jamaican dancehall artist Buju Banton “is pleading with fellow…entertainers to clean up their lyrics in order to stem the social decay that is not only present in Jamaica but most of the Caribbean countries where the music is very popular.”
Jamaica: Alluding to the Fact
Jamaican litblogger Geoffrey Philp explores the question of how to use allusions in creative writing.
Jamaica: Hot Hot Hot!
Both Stunner's Afflictions and Montego Bay Day by Day say that temperatures are getting too hot to handle in Jamaica.
Jamaica, USA: White House Dash
Kadene Porter at Jamaica's Abeng News Magazine comments on the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination: “In her Darwininan dash for the White House, she (Clinton) may just plan to kick, claw, bite or scratch her way to victory.”
Jamaica, Guyana: The Life of Das
Jamaican Geoffrey Philp blogs about the life and work of Guyanese poet Mahadai Das, and features one of her poems.
Jamaica: The Right Answer
Francis Wade says that there are four types of information available in Jamaica – and only one of them counts.
Jamaica: Casino Royale?
Antonn Brown of Abeng News Magazine shares his views about the introduction of casinos in Jamaica.
Jamaica: Poem for Bob
Geoffrey Philp posts Jamaican Rachel Manley's poem Bob Marley's Dead.
Jamaica: Dual Citizenship
Francis Wade says: “This entire episode regarding Parliamentarians and their dual citizenship has driven up a certain kind of Jamaican pride that I am ambivalent about.”
Jamaica: Remembering Reid
Litblogger Geoffrey Philp blogs about the “eminent Jamaican author, journalist, and historian” VS Reid, who he says “is usually credited, along with Trinidad and Tobago's V.S. Naipaul and St Lucian Derek Walcott, as shaping modern Caribbean writing.”
