Heroes or traitors?
DI MAROON dem a weh traitor, dem lef di rest a di slave dem fi suffer, sign treaty wid di white man dem and tun round help dem hunt runaway slaves." How many times have you heard these accusations levelled against the Maroons? The that not only...

Stigma, discrimination and HIV/AIDS
AS NOTED last week, HIV/AIDS triggers widespread stigmatisation, much of which is due to society's fears and prejudices about sex and sexuality. Stigmatisation in many cases leads to discrimination, where people are attacked or treated badly...

Does the PSSST thing work? - He who begs timidly invites a refusal - Seneca
HERE IS a dream scenario for your typical male on the prowl. You see a young hottie in the bar. She's dressed in one of those butt-hugging Brazilian hipsters the men go crazy over. You stroll over to the empty bar stool beside her, and sit down...

All things
ME DEAR mam, yu eva memba how, when yu was a lilly pickney. How some a de tings weh yu parents used to want yu fe do, yu used to bex an wonda mek Massa Gad badda born yu fa? Like weh de sense it used to spell fe dem always want yu jook jook up yu han...