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Jamaica: Change Takes Time

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 19 October 2009 15:33 GMT

Annie Paul blogs about everything from Jamaican coffee to reggae star Buju Banton's meeting with gay activists: “Yeah right, the Jamaican public is going to listen and learn from a castrated Buju when he tells them he has recanted and they should all follow suit by becoming ‘pro-gay’ whatever that means.”

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