The things I have withheld…

(originally presented on BBC Radio 3 – The Essay/Something I Have Never Talked About Before) I am thinking about Arundhati Continue reading →

Black Panther & Black Pedantry

I got into a bit of an online kerfuffle some weeks ago after a friend posted this simple meme, soliciting Continue reading →

The Parable Of Macaroni: A Weh Andrew Holness A Guh?

Though it had happened some months ago, it was only this week that Macaroni’s Ill-fated drive across a storm-drenched road Continue reading →

9 Minutes in the West Indies: The Story of a Lynching

  In the short-attention span that supposedly defines our contemporary lives, a news story will flash its bright light, capture Continue reading →

Why I Would Have Shaken A Tambourine

  On the Eve Of the Battle Right on the eve of battle, there was dissent. While the Tambourine Army, Continue reading →

Blood On The Door (A Hurricane Story)

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood Continue reading →

Forgiving Etana

So a week has gone, and maybe – just maybe – tempers have calmed. There are more important things to Continue reading →

Mama D & The PNP

The Funeral Whether Mama D and Mama P ever met, I do not know. I could not say for sure. They belonged Continue reading →