Post-election Thoughts
Post -election thoughts And just like that, it is all over. The election campaign, which was a year in its length, has concluded with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) taking a …
To the political cynics – you cannot have your cake and eat it
The idiom “you can’t have your cake and eat it too” means that a person cannot simultaneously possess an item and consume it. Metaphorically speaking, it means that a person cannot enjoy the …
In praise of the Jamaican Political Debate of August 28, 2025
On Thursday, August 28, 2025, like many Jamaicans here in the diaspora, along with the numerous Jamaicans who were camped out around their television sets, their radios, their computer desktops, their …
Pre-election Highlights
The election campaign is over at the time of writing, the rallies are over, the blares of horns and bells are now just a dull hum in the night. All over, …
Marcus Garvey and Women on his mission of Pan-African activism
“A people without the knowledge of their past, history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” — Marcus Garvey. The contribution of Rt. Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey to the …
Sahel States show that African liberation is alive and well
To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumours of the death of African liberation are greatly exaggerated. Following an upsurge in the aftermath of WW2 and decolonization, a surge which saw almost every African …
Religions failing to act as the largest slaughter of the 21st century takes place
“Nah see no more fire bun ’bout yah That’s why a bare blood a run ’bout yah Nah see the youths dem with dem Marcus Garvey book inna dem hand But …
After 63 years of Independence…
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds,” — Marcus Garvey From I was in primary school, activists and disciples of Marcus Garvey have been trying to …
Stepping away from US politics: A time to de-stress
“How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? Why do you make me look at …
Oh, for normalcy in the USA! – My reading journal
“There is no such thing as a child who hates to read; there are only children who have not found the right book.” — Frank Serafini. I am an avid reader. …
Jamaica: Land of wood and water or hood and laughter
Despite national statistics, the crime and corruption situation in Jamaica is at an all-time high. To be sure, we have always had criminals and corrupt people walking the corridors of power …