Posted on 22 July 2011. Tags: jamaica, jamaican, jamaican culture, jamaican language, jamaican patois, speak jamaican, speaky-spokey
A funny thing happens when you go to certain “uptown events” and you meet a certain type of Jamaican. This type easily denies their Jamaican heritage by saying, “I was born in Jamaica but I’m British now.” Then they start talking speaky-spokey, as if they and the Queen are sisters or they have had elocution [...]
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Posted on 20 March 2011. Tags: bob marley, jamaican, marley, reggae, singer
So much trouble in the world! One wonders how different our universe would be if some of our more conscious music icons had not left us so prematurely. Names that spring to mind include Marvin Gaye, John Lennon and Bob Marley. Who are today’s equivalents? Which artists are making consciousness raising issues in their songs [...]
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Posted on 27 February 2011. Tags: jamaican, jim screechy, spice, video
Jamaican music promotional videos continue to make good strides in production quality and creativity. This particular video featuring Spice performing Jim Screechy, a Jamaican term meaning to hide doe something in secret, stands out on several levels. For starters it has a cute sense of humour (the drinks can hair rollers, the used cigarettes glasses, [...]
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Posted on 09 October 2010. Tags: bhm, black history month, black history month uk, jamaican, mary seacole, nurse
Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Mary Seacole (1805 – 14 May 1881), a Jamaican nurse driven by a desire to serve, even in places where her presence wasn’t appreciated and underrated by authorities but loved by those who lived to see another day after she treated them.
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Posted on 02 September 2010. Tags: 9:58, athlete, jamaican, usain bolt
Usain Bolt on his mark, gets set and ready to lanuch his debut book.
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Posted on 06 August 2010. Tags: 100m, american, jamaican, tyson gay, usain bolt
This is what happens when you have an off-day: your opponent defeat you, as American runner Tyson Gay did to beatsJamaica’s Usain Bolt in Stockholm.
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Posted on 09 July 2010. Tags: athletics, jamaican, runner, shelly-ann fraser, sprinter
Shelly-Ann Fraser winning gold for Jamaica at the Beijing Olympics in 2009.
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