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By Mabruke X September 11, 2026

‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica

I and I build the cabin,I and I plant the corn,Didn’t my people before meSlave for this country,Now you look me with a scorn,Then you eat up all my corn. Those …

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‘I and I build the cabin’- 192 years of landlessness and the unfinished emancipation of Jamaica

September 11, 2026

Beware rising right-wing tide

September 11, 2026
By The Abeng October 1, 2020 6 years 543 words

Jamaicans To The World

Most Jamaicans would be aware of the impact to the world of Marcus Garvey, Mary Seacole, Una Marson, Bob Marley, Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Peter Tosh and many others.  However, I wish to …

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By Dr. Alis Headlam October 1, 2020 6 years 546 words

White Privilege

What is White privilege and why is it so difficult for people to acknowledge? The main reason is that people who grow up with privilege tend not to see it. They …

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By The Laird September 17, 2020 6 years 908 words

The Green Future

I use this medium to offer sincere congratulations to the Hon Floyd Green MP, the new Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries. I not only wish him well but assure him that …

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By Strebor Dee September 17, 2020 6 years 277 words

PNP To Contest Outcome Of General Elections

Satirical Corner The People’s National Party is to seek an injunction to have the 2020 General Elections declared null and void. In an affidavit filed with the Supreme Court, the party …

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By Joan Williams September 17, 2020 6 years 832 words

The Task Ahead

  For those who think things are bad now in Jamaica now, in my book, the real tragedy lies ahead when the lack of foreign exchange earnings start to be felt. …

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By Strebor Dee September 3, 2020 6 years 316 words

IAAF To Rule On Bolt’s Status As The Fastest Man

Satirical Writings The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF), the world governing body for the sport of track and field athletics, is to hear a case brought before it by the …

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By Ewart Walters September 3, 2020 6 years 1,340 word

Mass Weddings – Mary Morris Knibb

In the 1940s and 1950s mass weddings constituted a campaign to reduce high rates of illegitimacy and were spectacular public rites of accessing citizenship. These weddings were attended by prominent public …

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By James Moss-Solomon September 3, 2020 6 years 456 words

The Burning Deck

By the time you read this, general election results would be known and I have no way of knowing the results as I am writing on the day after the final …

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By The Abeng August 20, 2020 6 years 505 words

St. Ann – More Than The Garden Parish

” A people without the knowledge of its history, origin and culture, is like a tree without roots.”  Marcus  Garvey. August is the birth month of Jamaica’s first National Hero, Right Excellent …

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By Alexander Scott August 20, 2020 6 years 1,319 word

To Shrug Off The Yoke Of Neo-Colonialism

Jamaica this year is 58. The journey to this milestone was a hard one but, in the end, independence was achieved. On August 6, 1962, Jamaica waved goodbye to the centuries …

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