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 →

Rules is Rules is Rules! Hopefield Preparatory and the Problem of Hair

Several of us have been keenly following the story of little Zavier Assam, banned from attending Hopefield Preparatory in Jamaica Continue reading →

My Mother Was A Guidance Counsellor

Norman Allen, the chipmunk-cheeked President-Elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association has come out in defense of the islands’ guidance counsellors. Continue reading →

If A Gay Man Screams In The Caribbean, And A White Man Isn’t There To Hear Him, Has He Still Made A Sound?

On the Matter of Trees You know of course the philosophical question I am punning on – the tree that Continue reading →

The Brown/White Jamaican and the Right to take Offence

But some of my best friends are Brown It is always hard for Caribbean people to talk about that most Continue reading →

The Sexist Old Boys of Jamaica

Despite the cliché of our strong black women, despite our majority female headed households, despite reggae song after reggae song Continue reading →

Dear Uncle Brendan (and Auntie Kay), can we talk about our island, and how buggered things have become?

  1. Because Sometimes We Cannot Hear Each Other   The last time I went to a church service was Continue reading →

Talking and Dancing Like You’re REALLY from Jamaica

When I was in Brazil a month ago the young man who had picked me up from the airport, along Continue reading →