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Life in Kingston, Jamaica was sometimes like living in a war zone: occasional bursts of excitement — driving after dark through a ghetto zone, boarding up the windows as a hurricane approached — interspersed with long periods of boredom, for the city does not offer much in the way of amusement for a young family Continue reading Sidi Mansour vs Ma Baker I got a chunky translation job last month, 61 pages of sobering and inspiring information about childhood in Senegal: sobering to read that children’s charity X allows a maximum grant of US$5 per month; inspiring when I think of the hundreds of people freely offering their time and experience to help others less fortunate Continue reading Addicted to Alice Part II of my downtown tour should be loading below. It took a little longer to finish than I’d hoped, partly because I wanted to make it look better than my previous clip, and partly because uploading it to YouTube is very very slow. As I’ve recommended previously, if your bandwidth is as bad as Continue reading Shaking Up Orange Street Talk of banning the “dance of death” is still doing the rounds here in Kingston, or at least it was this morning at the hairdresser’s. The dance in question is of course the “Dutty Wine”. In a country where new dance moves pop up every week, the Dutty Wine has shown unusual endurance since its Continue reading Two cultures clash [cont.] Colin Campbell resigned. I am not going to say that there is no corruption taking place; I would be crazy and stupid to say that. - Colin Campbell, 1993 Gleaner Editors’ Forum [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Here comes the conman Coming with his con plan We won’t take no bribe, Continue reading Chase dem crazy baal’eads |
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