I have loved books and reading from a very young age and was always surrounded by literature at home. I had aunts who were both teachers in the Caribbean and my parents always stressed the importance of education and learning when I was growing up. I grew up on a diet of Enid Blyton when…
Neoliberalism has had a central place in economic rationale for the past forty years. In Neoliberal Frontiers, Brenda Chalfin gives a great insight of what it means in specific interventions. She analyses how Ghana renegotiates its sovereignty in a seemingly economic laissez-faire context. Since the mid seventies, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World…
Tinariwen have taken Saharan music to a whole new level over the past few decades. Their latest album Tassili slightly shifted towards a new direction. Here’s my verdict. How often do we listen to a song for the first time, either love it or hate at once, only to change our mind later on? Normally,…
Laura Joh Rowland has wowed me with another of her stories. I was interested in reading The Cloud Pavilion because of Sana Ichiro, the main character. I first met him in The Red Chrysanthemum, when he was a powerful detective in the Tokugawa regime. In this book, he has risen to become Chamberlain, a position…
In today’s world where there has been so much progress in technology and business it is disappointing that children are not equally accessing quality educational provision. As reported in the Gleaner earlier this year: “Some 50 per cent of the children entering grade one at the primary school level in Central Kingston cannot pass a…
Last week I tried Eco Styler Gel as an alternative to my usual Kinky Curly Knot Today. Whilst I love my Kinky Curly, it’s $30 a jar and I go through it way too fast. I’ve been hearing a lot about Eco Styler Gel with Olive Oil so I decided to give it a try,…
Building on the release of a recent album, Kora Jazz Band and their brand new line-up delivered a fiery performance at the New Morning in Paris. I obviously would not have missed it for anything. Here’s my verdict. As soon as I entered the jam-packed venue, I could not help but sensing a general impression…