Jamaica

Literature, Reviews, Haiti, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Bookshelf (July/August 2000)

PICK OF THE MONTH The Immaculate Invasion Bob Shacochis (Viking Penguin 1999; Bloomsbury paperback 2000; 408pp, ISBN 0-7475-4529-4) When...

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Music, Reviews, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago

Upbeat (July/August 2000)

PICK OF THE MONTH: Calypsoldier Ron Reid’s Sunsteel (Mud Hut Records, MH 901) Style and substance meet on this accomplished debut...

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Culture, Music, Arts, Jamaica

Nothing’s taboo for Tanya Stephens

Every few years, someone comes along on the music scene whom I can’t get enough of. The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Aretha; Bob Marley,...

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Culture, People, Jamaica

The real James Bond

What do a womanising, Martini-sipping, licensed-to-kill secret agent and a mild-mannered, upper-class ornithologist from Philadelphia have...

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Culture, Reviews, Food and Cuisine, Jamaica

An appetite for travel

Nyam is the Jamaican word for “eat”, and as the title suggests, Nyam Jamaica takes a comprehensive culinary tour of that island....

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Culture, Music, People, Jamaica

Gregory Isaacs: farewell to the cool ruler

Gregory Isaacs, who died of cancer in October, aged 59, was one of the most popular reggae singers of all time. A regular on the Jamaican...

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Culture, Environment, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica

Ode to Jamaica’s Blue Mountains

People always ask me, Why you love Jamaica so? Is de music, nuh? De fellas? De beaches? I tell them, yes and no. It’s partly the...

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Culture, Music, Travel, Lifestyle, Jamaica

Reggae on wheels

Jamaican tour operator Chukka Caribbean Adventures runs rolling reggaefests that deliver people to the doorstep of the birthplace of...

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