And isn’t it ironic!

(a rambling blog on Doctorates in Creative Writing, and Jamaica’s insistence on Sovereignty) So first of all, beg pardon for Continue reading →

The Rise and Fall of Vybz Kartel

Carolyn Cooper can be none too pleased that two of her high profile guest lecturers at the University have now Continue reading →

The Opposite of An Iron Balloon: Clifton (Cliff-Twang) Brown’s 2011 ‘Nobody Canna Cross It’

So that’s it for me – the week of blogging on reggae songs comes to an end. But how could Continue reading →

Dancing Instructions for Tourists: Tony Matterhorn’s 2006 ‘Dutty Wine’

[post #4 in my week of reggae blogging] I know it is a wicked thing to admit, but is true Continue reading →

Some Things White People Just Aren’t Allowed To Say

So in South Africa one of the more interesting conversations I had was with a white Zimbabwean who explained to Continue reading →

The Familiar Things in South Africa

I am sitting by the pool looking on a perfectly sculpted lawn. There are palm trees and vines along the Continue reading →

Mother’s Day in the Motherland

It’s my first day in Africa proper. (The trip to Egypt a few months ago hardly counts. Egyptians had not Continue reading →

Death in the Cities

Danny, who I never knew, is dead. I know because all the graffiti outside of my flat, and the fresh Continue reading →