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 emotionscape 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
The recent tragic killing of Cora Thompson on church grounds in Western Jamaica during a worship service has shaken many to their core. Having lived in a bubble for the past few weeks, I have just been reading the comments giving voice to the national reaction and have taken notice of the many questions the … More Hard Sayings
There is now no doubt in my mind. AFREG will be a significant force catalyzing change in political realities in Africa and her Diasporas. As usual, as with everything in the political domain, there will be significant challenges from without and within as contest and compromise map out their constituency boundaries. However, in terms of … More Developments
Dispersion was the secret ingredient that led to the widespread and rapid propagation of the gospel in the beginning and the same is true today, perhaps now more than ever before. This was decidedly expressed in the recent Lausanne document on world evangelism: The State of the Great Commission, a monumental work of intellect and … More Diasporation
I believe the Caribbean is at an inflection point. The cushions that sustained our post-independence development model, preferential trade, migration as safety valve, the assumption that the rules-based order would protect small states, have been stripped away. What replaces them is not yet determined, it could be a deeper dependency, likely a scramble for bilateral … More A Caribbean SOS
Interesting how Haiti keeps on popping up everywhere I turn my attention to these days … in Sid Bartley’s presentation on Jamaica: Cultural superstate which every Jamaican should hear, in Rev Jackson’s memorial service, in conversations in which I play no role in initiating: Haiti always seems in our thoughts. I found Steven Golding’s historical … More Love for Haiti
How to dismantle a democracy: For billionaires only. It might not be a bestseller, but it would not need to be. The fact is, the power of the people is great when it works for you, but people are highly unreliable. Even Jesus Christ got a taste of it. The crowd that crowns you today … More Petrified, Hypnotized, Zombified, Neutralized.
With all the talk about the Rules-based International Order collapsing and the anxiety over what will the emergent global body politic look like when the game reverts to Big-fish-eat-small-fish, I feel compelled to make some comments on basic ideas that no longer represent a consensus of human opinion, and why, and what to do about … More Sovereign Intelligence
