Jamaica Gleaner Arts &Leisure
Published: Monday Sunday | May 17, 2009
Extracts from the 'Jamaica Journal' - Plants, Spirits and the meaning of 'John' in Jamaica
The word 'John' appears 33 times in the Dictionary of Jamaican English as a generic term in the compound common names of people, birds, plants and other objects. This paper will show that objects named 'John' are often associated in Jamaica with the world of spirits. Read More...
Liguanea art auction set to paint The Town
The annual Liguanea Lodge Fund-raising Wine & Cheese and Art Auction takes place at the Talk Of The Town, Jamaica Pegasus hotel, on Thursday, May 21, at 7 p.m. Auctioneer will be D.C. Tavares & Finson, from whom colour catalogues will be available prior to the event. Read More...
Book review - A 'City' worth exploring
The Caribbean City is a collection of academic papers presented at an international workshop, called The Caribbean City, held in Leidon, in The Netherlands, from December 1-3, 2004. The papers examine select Caribbean cities from anthropological, sociological, historical, political, geographical, literary and cultural viewpoints. Read More...
Sunday Sauce - Slowly, but it shall come
In the light of the moon, the obeahman stoops. He looks towards the heavens. His creased parchment-like skin betrays years of evil and guile. The cataract in his left eye masks the beauty of the moon. Sunken eye sockets, caverns of decadence and doom are filled with malice and bitterness. Read More...
Letter From Laura: Soyinka storms London
Some people are fortunate in having brother-in-laws with good taste. I am one of the lucky ones. When my husband's brother heard we would be in London, he insisted we see Wole Soyinka's play, Death and the King's Horseman, receiving rave reviews at the National Theatre. Read More...
Literary Arts - The ackee tree
Our property has a lot of land space. There is a big yard to sweep and there is also a coffee walk, which is also a banana walk, which deposits trash and all sorts of rubbish into the yard, creating more work for people like me, who have to sweep the yard every day. Read More...
