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Today is the most important national holiday in Senegal, Tabaski, the Wolof word for the Festival of the Sheep, known elsewhere in the Muslim world as Aïd-el-Kebir. It is a celebration of an event that is also important to Jews and Christians, that is, the sacrifice by Abraham (Ibrahim in Arabic) of his eldest son. Continue reading Tabaski While other place spellings may vary in Jamaica (Savannah-La-Mar, Savanna-La-Mar or Savanna la mar; Acadia or Arcadia), Cross Roads in Kingston is defiantly two separate words. A few years ago, it was considered to mark the frontier between uptown and downtown Kingston, although these days, one could argue the urban decay is still creeping northwards. Continue reading Cross Roads Best headline of the year so far: MAN RUN OVER WITH MOTOR CAR, SHOT, ESCAPES (source: Jamaica Observer) It’s a fairly typical report of street crime in Jamaica, relying on unsupported interviews with the nearest person at hand, vague and incomplete police statements and victims that disappear, never to reappear. I’d been scanning the local Continue reading Gun Street Girl Photo taken at Port Royal, Jamaica. In fact, this tombstone marks his third burial place, because after his death, he was buried in a nondescript area, then around 1953, at the time of a visit of Queen Elizabeth II, his remains were moved to a more conspicuous resting place in the graveyard of St Continue reading The man who was buried twice 17-year-old sentenced to 3 years probation for carnal abuse Judge tells him to skip Biology lessons for a while Paul Henry Justice Lloyd Hibbert made the comment after Attorney-at-Law Jean Barnes informed him that her client – a former Calabar High School student – was furthering his studies. As Barnes mentioned the subjects her client Continue reading Statutory rape ha-ha |
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