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
In Diasporation, I managed to link the disparate themes of Metropolitan spaces, Migrant populations, Christian Missions and Mental Health. Less than a week after that article, I recieved news that an old friend, very vibrant and active believer from the Jamaican diasporic community in Toronto had thrown himself in front of a moving train and … More Building Bridges or Maintaining Fences
The Greek word Pathos, etymological root of several commonly used English words with variant meanings, focuses its essence in human experience. The things we suffer (experience, allow) shape our inner emotion-scape and stamp us with unique identity. It gives a language to the soul, distinct from our intellectual profile. Our heads and hearts may share … More Black Pathology: Resilience
Celebrations and causes can compete or compliment. I recall when someone had the bright idea to redub Black History Month as Reggae Month instead. I was not pleased. (And I was then a music industry CEO). Sure our music is cultural capital worthy of being celebrated … well at least some sections more than others. … More May is AFRICA Month
