Archive | February, 2010
Media – Review Of On Seraph Wings: Memoirs Of A Country Girl
Today’s Sunday Gleaner features a review of Sandra Palmer-Peart’s On Seraph Wings: Memoirs of a Country Girl, a book described as a highly inspirational real-life chronicle of a simple Jamaican ‘country girl’ who dared to dream of making her mother proud by becoming someone extraordinary – and is doing just that … review continues here. [...]
Continue reading...Media – Review Of My Life I Make (Revisited Spiritual Reflections on Reggae Lyrics)
28. February 2010
Today’s Sunday Gleaner features a review by Alfred Sangster of My Life I Make (Revisited Spiritual Reflections on Reggae Lyrics), a book by Lauris Faith Mair and Lauris Faith Publishers. This little book is a collection of 65 thought-provoking inspirational pieces, each inspired by a line from reggae lyrics. It is an update of an [...]
Continue reading...Media – The Road Not Taken: Memoirs Of A Reluctant Guerilla
21. February 2010
During the 1970s, the Brigadista programme was a sore point. Hundreds of Jamaicans went to Cuba, where they participated in government-run camps that trained them in para-military strategy. One of those Jamaicans was Colin Dennis, who reflected on his nine-week stay in Cuba in the 1985 book, “The Road Not Taken: Memoirs of a Reluctant [...]
Continue reading...Macka Diamond Launches The Real Gangster’s Wife
19. February 2010
Charmaine Munroe has come a long way. From the days of being ‘Lady Mackerel’, to the name changing career move that is ‘Macka Diamond’. With not only hit song, but cameo appearances in TV shows such as Royal Palm Estate, a recent movie – Redemption of Paradise – and now with two books under her [...]
Continue reading...Media – The Adventures Of An Economic Migrant
1. February 2010
Currently, Tony Wade leads a very quiet life in rural Jamaica, which is in stark contrast to the grind of corporate Britain, where he’s known as the United Kingdom’s first black millionaire. The story of his achievements is nothing short of amazing and uplifting, and highlight the inner strength of a man who had broken [...]
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28. February 2010
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