I anticipated the problem, so I ought not have been surprised. An associate from Barbados messaged me saying how much he enjoyed the recently held symposium and the rich information disseminated.,,then added “I am no socialist … not even left-leaning’ then confessed that he did not let that get in the way of his thorough … More Left! Right! Left! Right!
Haitian Art Auction Thank you for attending the Norman Manley Symposium. The bidding deadline for our auction has been extended by 1 week to July 11th 2026, after which the pieces will go to the highest bidder. Bids start at $1000 USD. Submit bids by Whatsapp text to (876) 220 – 1066 or to lightningflashproductions@gmail.com … More Auction Deadline Extended!
The excitement of dreams is to live them. To really live them out to the fullest. ‘Be all you can be,’ they say. Recurring dreams are like an itch you need to scratch but cant reach its location. They nag at you for notice until they have your attention. Walk with me will you as … More The Dream
I am about to move on from this provocative subject but feel constrained to leave behind some markers for those persons who will have to return to these writings to decide what merit there may be to the views expressed and what relevance, weight and impact if any, they will have upon their practice of … More The Problem Pseudo Jamaicans have with Black Identity Part 3 (Final)
Everywhere, everyone seems to have woken up to talk about the US and Cuba. Suddenly, national consensus on any number of issues that deeply divided the polity a generation or two ago now has shifted. Folk born after the 1980s seem to think significantly differently than folk before that time. Or could my earshot be … More Uncomfortable Truths
Pip: YeKengalé is the kind of site that asks you to sit down, take a breath, and then hands you something that requires several more breaths — the good kind, the kind that come with actual thinking. Mara: Today’s episode follows yekengale into the long history of how imperial projects used religion and ideology to … More Podcast Episode: The fallacy and the mandate: Out of many, One
I have been promising to take a deeper look at the role of religion in preparing the axiological scaffolding that supports a civilization and in particular, the role that Colombian and Cromwellian Christianity played in shaping The Caribbean and the Americas of today, which demanded the surrender and capitulation of many indigenous and imported identities … More The fallacy and the mandate: Out of many, One
I gave this speech at the Rotary Club of St Andrew yesterday. The live video was defective so I present the information here in this format. Every generation of mankind has a duty to the species of legacy. We receive the gift of life and all its treasure to ‘pass it on’ in time as … More May to Remember
I made many explosive statements in part 1 and promised to back them up with facts and findings. The degree of deliberate confoundment which has been invested in obfuscating the truth on this matter is so voluminous, widespread and sustained, it requires much more than one or two articles. Thank God we have a whole … More The problem Pseudo-Jamaicans have with Black Identity – Part 2
*So a wa yu waa mi kaal dem den? Ruos bredfruut? Professor Mattias Desmet, Professor of Psychology at the University of Ghent in Belgium, seems to be giving voice to the dull agony I feel this morning as I find myself re-immersed in the atmosphere of Kingston, which for me, has always represented a sphere … More The problem *Pseudo-Jamaicans have with Black Identity
