In this book, Jamaican born educator and scholar Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, author of the popular letters Dear Jamaica, shares her experiences living and working as a single parent in the United States.
Cultural traditions transmitted within the primary and secondary migratory communities of the Caribbean are continually subject to loss, gain and reinterpretation. Communication practices play a role in these processes as they help to sustain and challenge the diasporic subjectivities of the Caribbean. Re-Constructing Place and Space: Media, Culture, Discourse and the Constitution of Caribbean Diasporas seeks to explore the influence of embodied, discursive and mediated communicative forms on the construction and maintenance of Caribbean diasporic communities. The volume emerged from the 2009 New Media and the Global Diaspora Symposium: Exploring Media in Caribbean Diasporas held at Roger Williams University in the United States. The event sought to encourage interdisciplinary academic discourse on Caribbean migratory populations, foregrounding the role of communicative practices in sustaining their traditions. In keeping with the spirit of the symposium, this volume applies a transdisciplinary lens to understanding the diversity and complexity of Caribbean peoples’ production of and engagement with communication practices. The objectives for the book are two-fold. The general objective is to contribute to discourse on diasporic identity and performativity. The more specific aim of the book is to present a more complex picture of peoples from the Caribbean region and their diasporic communities. —From the Introduction
Revision date: February 2015 Between July 1999 and June 2000, 173,210 immigrants arrived in Canada, including 6,196 Caribbean nationals. Most settled in Toronto, enhancing its burgeoning multiculturalism; but Evangelines family chose Ottawa instead - a city known as the coldest posting a Jamaican diplomat could receive. Evangeline discovers more about Canada the hard way. Although from 1994 to 2001 the United Nations declared Canada the best country of abode, Evangeline confirms that there are at least two sides to this, as to every other story. Minority status and its unfamiliar problems, subtle pressures to conform to new molds, unemployment and family reunification hurdles dog the resettling experience. However, active faith and steadfast purpose bring triumph in each circumstance. Jamaica, never far from Evangelines heart, becomes a target for prayer as well as a destination for family visits and snowbird escapes. As recipient of Jamaicas 1992 Governor Generals Award for the parish of St. Andrew, Evangeline remains patriotic. She continues to support the community outreach projects of Christian Life Fellowship in Jamaica, and the work of the Jamaica House of Prayer.
This remarkable new dictionary represents the first attempt in some four centuries to record the state of development of English as used across the entire Caribbean region.
J amaica is a young girl who encounters motherhood early on but manages to turn her life around and take the rode of fate that she believes has lead her to the success shes obtained. With a vow of celibacy she hopes this will land her to the one true love. Lifes reality however suggested other wise throwing fiery darts and falsehood, but with wisdom navigating and morals as her guide they combat the core of unveiling the ever so fashionable glitz and glam of temptations.
Goddess Seeker is the account of Steven Jennys immersion in the Nike Culture, allowing the religious-like experience to motivate, influence, and alter his thoughts and actions while shaping his way of life. It begins when he hears the voice of the late American distance runner Steve Prefontaine say, "See; find J." Steven Jenny interprets the Prefontaine voice as guiding him to find Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory. Following his search through an Internet dating site, he selects three "Jens" who fit his ideal of the goddess Nike. Simultaneous to the pursuit of these three goddesses, Steven Jennys dream of a 3on3 basketball event outside Portlands Rose Garden arena begins blossoming. After running in Pres footsteps in Eugene, Steven Jenny moves to Beaverton and begins running daily around the Nike World Campus. He continues seeking support for his dream of Nikefest, a full-fledged sports festival while seeking his victory zephyr. Stan Talbott, 47, works as a financial advisor with an office in Portland, Oregon. In 2008 he earned his M.S. degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Oregon. In 1986, Talbott earned his B.A. degree in Journalism, also from the University of Oregon. He is an avid fan of Oregon Ducks Athletics, and a Lifetime UO Alumni Member Talbott, a passionate advocate for the Constitution, First Amendment, and Freedom of Expression, is currently working, triathlon training, and composing his next novel in his Central Oregon Homeland.
This volume describes the music and lore of Jamaica from the early 16th century through emancipation in 1838 to the mid-20th century. Olive Lewin explores the role of music in the lives of slaves and explores the life and beliefs of the Kumina cult queen, Imogene Queenie Kennedy.
When a freak snowstorm (White-Out) threatens the existence of THE TANGLED ROSE, the perfect frontier ranch of Butch and Dolly Weaver, and takes the life of their son, Patrick, despair drives Butch to search for the fabled gold mine of his dead father, leaving his family destitute. Meanwhile the graves on the hillside increase in number. Is it the fault of the black witch from Jamaica? Dolly convinces Rayne Cooper, a tall handsome stranger who has come to her aid, to help search for Butch. Cooper has fallen in love with Jamaica Ward Sisson and THE TANGLED ROSE. Jamaica has faced the terror of the west by marrying Dr. Sam Sisson, thus escaping a marriage planned by her father. THE TANGLED ROSE IS SEQEL TO THE NOVEL ‘NO ESCAPE’ but will stand alone. OTHER BOOKS BY DELLA MAY OLSON LENA’S RAINBOW TERROR ON LOCO RIDGE GROWING UP BRONSON CRAB APPLE PIE NO ESCAPE THE TANGLED ROSE TANGLE CREEK DRIVEN www.dellamayolson.com