Download or read book written by Dave Collymore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of poetry written in Jamaican dialect, English and Japanese. There are three (3) major sections: (1)Inspirational (2) Love (3) Spiritual-As in Christianity

Download or read book Bad Boy from Jamaica written by Basil Waine Kong, Ph.D., JD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garnett Myrie came into this world on 27 September 1953 and grew up in the hills of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. When his uncle went to the United States as a farm worker in 1960 and brought back Black liberation literature, he became enamored with “Black Power”. He got himself in trouble when he became bold enough to put his fist in the air and shouted for everyone to hear: “I am black and I am proud.” Why should people hate me for loving myself? But he lived in a very conservative rural community where all the women adored the Queen of England and all the men aspired to become English Gentlemen. Eventually, he got used to being treated harshly, became fearless and refused to cry out in pain. He would rub cow-itch (Mucuna pruriens) and scallion on his palm to deaden the skin whenever he thought he was to get a beating, but he was no longer afraid of pain. Unfortunately, he occasionally forgot that he was handling cow itch and inadvertently rubbed his eyes with his fingers or take out his penis to pea which lead to several hours of enormous suffering as washing with soap and water did not help. He was an erasable child, however, each time the people tried to subdue him, like a cork, he would surface again. As he was not getting along in the country, his mother arranged for him to live with her sister in Kingston. While he worked as a security guard, he was introduced to and came under the influence of Dr. Walter Rodney, a radical university professor. When both he and Dr. Rodney became “Persona non-grata” for their radical activities, they escaped to Cuba. Dr. Rodney subsequently went back to his homeland (Guyana) 1980 to run for political office and was assassinated. Garnett joined the Cuba Army and was sent by Fidel Castro to fight in the successful war for independence in Angola. As he was fighting against the South African Army, he had orders to kill all white men he encountered. He became a killing machine. He was personally thanked and honored by both Fidel Castro and the First President of a liberated Angola, Agostino Neto. Having returned to Jamaica, he became a successful husband, businessman and father to a dozen children by ten women while he was happily married. As he grew rich and older, however, he was diagnosed with diabetes and became blind. He became more mellow in his old age and repented his “bad boy” ways to become an influential and beloved leader, husband and father.

Download or read book The Beat written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sweet Vengeance written by Kat Martin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1993-09-15 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fiery tale of desire and betrayal, danger and timeless love, from the author of the national bestseller Gypsy Lord. A beautiful innocent who is forced into a life of poverty swears a vow of revenge against the wealthy and devastatingly handsome man responsible for her misfortunes.

Download or read book Man the Hunted written by Donna Hart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Man the Hunted argues that primates, including the earliest members of the human family, have evolved as the prey of any number of predators, including wild cats and dogs, hyenas, snakes, crocodiles, and even birds. The authors' studies of predators on monkeys and apes are supplemented here with the observations of naturalists in the field and revealing interpretations of the fossil record. Eyewitness accounts of the 'man the hunted' drama being played out even now give vivid evidence of its prehistoric significance. This provocative view of human evolution suggests that countless adaptations that have allowed our species to survive (from larger brains to speech), stem from a considerably more vulnerable position on the food chain than we might like to imagine. The myth of early humans as fearless hunters dominating the earth obscures our origins as just one of many species that had to be cautious, depend on other group members, communicate danger, and come to terms with being merely one cog in the complex cycle of life.

Download or read book Chat Bout written by Shelley Sykes-Coley and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chat ’Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations Jamaicans love to ‘tek bad tings mek laugh’ and Chat ’Bout! lets you get in on the conversation. Written in Patwa or Patois, Chat ’Bout! celebrates all things mundanely Jamaican. Unfiltered, honest and funny, it examines the idiosyncrasies of everyday Jamaican life - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Guided by Jamaican GPS, Chat ’Bout! takes you on a journey through Jamaica, past and present. Get lost while reminiscing down memory lane; stop and eavesdrop on conversations, and vicariously experience a minibus ride. Next thing you know, you are experiencing an unfortunate episode of ‘runnin’ belly’ and having a good belly laugh while you are at it. Be thoroughly entertained by Chat ’Bout! and pick up some Patwa as brawta.

Download or read book Uncle Lisha s Shop written by Rowland Evans Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Still Life written by Jennifer P. Lumley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of poetry that captures that special moment in time by richly depicting realistic perspectives. STILL LIFE includes expressions on beauty, love, life, our universe and nature. Somewhere along the way, readers will be able to identify with at least one poem to which they can relate quite personally. Irrespective of that personal experience, it is STILL LIFE.

Download or read book Uncle Lisha s Shop written by Rowland Evans Robinson and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1933 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Harder They Come written by Michael Thelwell and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the acclaimed film of the same title, this lyrical, lilting, densely textured novel is based on the exploits of the legendary Jamaican folk hero and reggae star Rhygin. With passion and precision, Michael Thelwell recounts Rhygin's journey from a morally coherent rural universe to the teeming, predatory slums of Kingston, his rebellion against the poverty and corruption of postcolonial Jamaica, his blazing, simultaneous rise to the top of the charts and the Most Wanted list.

Download or read book Living the Dream written by Richard Bingy Brown and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three country boys, Junior, Menny and Moses have sat down under the apple tree in their back yard in St Mary, Jamaica dreaming of reaching England with the hope of getting their riches, so when junior gets his chance the future looks bright. However, soon after arriving in England Junior finds out things are not going to be as easy as first thought. He soon links up with fellow Jamaicans Reload and Serius, two Kingston born gangsters also hoping to live their dream of getting rich by any means necessary. Junior decides going against his principles and taking a big gamble with his life and freedom could be the only way to fulfill his dreams of having the big house, nice car, bling jewelry and designer clothes! Junior quickly helps his brother Menny a promising singer and closest friend Moses to join him in England. But could their passion to fulfill their dreams end up turning into a nightmare?

Download or read book Noises in the Blood written by Carolyn Cooper and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The language of Jamaican popular culture—its folklore, idioms, music, poetry, song—even when written is based on a tradition of sound, an orality that has often been denigrated as not worthy of serious study. In Noises in the Blood, Carolyn Cooper critically examines the dismissed discourse of Jamaica’s vibrant popular culture and reclaims these cultural forms, both oral and textual, from an undeserved neglect. Cooper’s exploration of Jamaican popular culture covers a wide range of topics, including Bob Marley’s lyrics, the performance poetry of Louise Bennett, Mikey Smith, and Jean Binta Breeze, Michael Thelwell’s novelization of The Harder They Come, the Sistren Theater Collective’s Lionheart Gal, and the vitality of the Jamaican DJ culture. Her analysis of this cultural "noise" conveys the powerful and evocative content of these writers and performers and emphasizes their contribution to an undervalued Caribbean identity. Making the connection between this orality, the feminized Jamaican "mother tongue," and the characterization of this culture as low or coarse or vulgar, she incorporates issues of gender into her postcolonial perspective. Cooper powerfully argues that these contemporary vernacular forms must be recognized as genuine expressions of Jamaican culture and as expressions of resistance to marginalization, racism, and sexism. With its focus on the continuum of oral/textual performance in Jamaican culture, Noises in the Blood, vividly and stylishly written, offers a distinctive approach to Caribbean cultural studies.

Download or read book Seasons of Dust written by Ifeona Fulani and published by Writers & Readers Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seasons of Dust is a debut novel which follows the changing fortunes of four members of the Erskine family. Esme and Ray Erskine migrate from Jamaica to England in the early 1950s, escaping the destruction wrought by Hurricane Charlie. They start afresh in England, where their struggles to carve a place for themselves in a hostile, unfamiliar country yield material prosperity beyond their dreams. Their children Tessa and Steven grow up in London during rapidly changing times, times which dramatically impact their relationship with each other, with their parents and with the society within which they search for security, belonging and love. Seasons of Dust charts the progress of a family over forty years, taking us into its centre, to the heart of its conflicts, its tragedies and its joys.

Download or read book An Ethnography of Football and Masculinities in Jamaica written by William Tantam and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can football among young men in Jamaica tell us about class, wealth, age, and concepts of masculinity? William Tantam presents an ethnographic study of the impact of football on men's lives in contemporary Jamaica. He illuminates how the football field relates to social and economic inequalities, and whether playing football in a mixed group has the effect of levelling the playing field between the more and less economically wealthy.Tantam presents insights into the life histories and football biographies of individuals, the relationship between wealth, education, and class, and explores how socioeconomic inequalities are embodied and enacted. With rich ethnographic detail, he analyses how the experience of watching international football matches and the English Premier League locates groups of spectators in relation to wider movements of capital. The book features case studies of individuals who play football in Jamaica, and penetrates an under-examined area in academic discussion of sport and masculinity. This will be a valuable addition to students of anthropology, sociology, football studies, cultural studies and gender studies.

Download or read book Did You Ever Hear Duppy Laugh written by Grier, Merva Elberene and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sometimes There s a Winner written by Paul Foreman and published by Paul Foreman. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of poverty, injustice and revenge in Jamaica, SOMETIMES THERE'S A WINNER tells the story of a poor black gardener, Byron Reid, and his sister Nadia, who work for a wealthy white Lebanese-Jamaican family in Kingston. Byron Reid surpasses his work ambitions and achieves success in a variety of jobs with Abraham Faroud, and is driven to bankruptcy by his employer's son Fabian who exploits his sister's innocence and vulnerability when she worked as a servant in the Faroud home. Byron uses incriminating information about his employer which he has secretly collected as the basis for demands for himself and his sister. SOMETIMES THERE'S A WINNER tells of the plight and frustrations of the poor in class-conscious Jamaica.

Download or read book Riddim Riddles written by Owen 'Blakka' Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: