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...
More to Jamaica than jerk
From fiery seasoned meat and inventive seafood dishes to oak-aged rums and hearty stouts, Jamaican cuisine is an eclectic mix of African,...
Happenings (July/August 2008)
Carnival in the air “Carnival in the air, pretty girls everywhere…” go the lyrics of a song by Trinidadian soca artiste Patrice...
Tell it on the blue mountain: Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau
It’s got to be their Jamaican swag. In a galaxy of celebrity chefs, Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau shine bright like diamonds. The hosts...
Ifeona Fulani: Jamaica homecoming
There was that first homecoming, years ago now, when I returned to Jamaica after more than thirty years of absence. I was four when I left...
Top 10 Jamaica: land of wood and water
As a child, listening to reggae on the radio in Trinidad, I dreamed of Jamaica; a land of great adventure, it seemed to me. All that...
Jamaica Watch – Kingston Jammin’
Flying over Kingston Harbour into the Norman Manley International Airport under a hazy midday sun, you get a panoramic view of Jamaica’s...
Six Miles High: Jamaica’s Blue Mountains
Two. Only two Jamaicans I knew had climbed the Blue Mountain Peak. It towered more than 7,000 feet over Kingston. That meant six miles of...
