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Download or read book The Jamaica Festival Story written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrea Levy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781472211064
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Small Island written by Andrea Levy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delicately wrought and profoundly moving novel, Andrea Levy handles the weighty themes of empire, prejudice, war and love, with a lightness of touch and a generosity of spirit that challenges and uplifts the reader.
Author : Marlon James
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101011319
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Book of Night Women written by Marlon James and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the WINNER of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings "An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review A true triumph of voice and storytelling, The Book of Night Women rings with both profound authenticity and a distinctly contemporary energy. It is the story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the slave women around her recognize a dark power that they- and she-will come to both revere and fear. The Night Women, as they call themselves, have long been plotting a slave revolt, and as Lilith comes of age they see her as the key to their plans. But when she begins to understand her own feelings, desires, and identity, Lilith starts to push at the edges of what is imaginable for the life of a slave woman, and risks becoming the conspiracy's weak link. But the real revelation of the book-the secret to the stirring imagery and insistent prose-is Marlon James himself, a young writer at once breathtakingly daring and wholly in command of his craft.
Author : Mara Menzies
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788854810
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (888 download)
Download or read book Blood and Gold written by Mara Menzies and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 'a beguiling mixture of poetry, moving prose and magical realism' - Stephen McGinty, The Sunday Times Jeda is a girl on the cusp of adulthood, living in Edinburgh; with a white father and a black mother, she feels self-conscious and out of place. Her feelings of alienation allow the stories of the shapeshifting Shadowman, who embodies all that is negative, to feed on her doubts and insecurities. The death of her mother, Rahami, gives the Shadowman an opportunity to control Jeda through her grief and his lies, but her mother's last gift to her daughter was a box of stories. When the box is flung open, the stories escape, setting in motion an incredible journey. Jeda learns more about her African ancestry through tales of slavery, cruelty and colonisation, but she also discovers pride and love and sacrifice, ultimately embracing her dual heritage and her unique place in the world. Filled with tragedy, wonder and magic, Blood and Gold explores the themes of loss and oppression, while asking us to examine our own identities, attitudes, and humanity.
Author : Walter Jekyll
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486437205
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Jamaican Song and Story written by Walter Jekyll and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trickster hero is a familiar character in folklore, and Jamaica's national folk hero is Annancy, an animal trickster noted for his unmitigated greed, treachery, and cruelty. A magic spider with a speech defect, Annancy is the perfect picaresque rogue: he is sneaky, lazy, dishonest, and totally without remorse--yet his geniality endears him to friend and foe alike. Annancy stories are an enduringly popular part of Jamaica’s cultural heritage, where the spider’s knavery finds expression in dance, theatre, and other creative arts. This delightful, compilation features some of the best-known, most-loved Annancy stories--faithfully reproduced, exactly as told to author Walter Jekyll by islanders. In addition to these tales, drawn largely from African sources but occasionally mixed with European strands and local innovations, the book contains digging sings (work songs used to liven up field labor), ring tunes (informal dances), and dancing tunes (mainly the Valse, Polka, Schottische, and Quadrilles). The author’s notes explain the dialect, and an extensive introduction discusses African folklore and its connections with Jamaican stories. Brief appendices note African and European musical influences on Jamaican tunes, and three essays appraise the importance of Annancy stories and the significance of this collection. The finest source of Annancy stories and other Jamaican folk tales and songs, this volume is an invaluable resource for anthropologists and a treat for anyone interested in Jamaican cultural history.
Author : Kevin Scott
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (652 download)
Download or read book The Mystery of Self written by Kevin Scott and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human mind is of the one universal mind. Mind is completely whole and creates through a doubtless focus. The idea in separation among anything is only seemingly apparent. This apparent interaction in separateness to anyone and anything is the very reason for this existence. When this concept of separation is accepted completely, then likewise spawns the apparent psychological bondage of frustration, pain and suffering experienced by one. This sense of separation is framed from a nexus of belief systems which were heretofore undiscovered by the simple clarity of insight. When this system of limiting beliefs is finally illuminated, to that degree will true joy, freedom and manifested preferences begin to shine within one's life.
Author : Jamaica Festival Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book General Syllabus, Jamaica Festival, 1974-75 written by Jamaica Festival Commission and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lou Gooden
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1410780627
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Reggae Heritage written by Lou Gooden and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - I speak of victory, not victim, triumph and not defeat; I have buried hopelessness in the cemetery of compete; the slum was not born in me, but in the born elite; what once left me void; I have conquered to become complete; all my life has been a rock climb, traveled in the bareness of my feet. excerpt from title poem: "Rock Climbing With My Bare Feet". Rock Climbing With My Bare Feet is a collection of poetry that encompasses themes such as internal struggle, women empowerment, motivation, political consciousness, perserverance and a variety of other topics. These themes, among others, are structured into chapters to make an easier read for the audience. The chapter titles are brilliantly named so that the reader can identify the theme of each chapter. Chapters include Who Am I To Be Me?, the author's favorite More Importantly: I AM A WOMAN, Ditchin' Demons In a Deep Depression, Life Should Be Motivation Enough, I Wouldn't Even Trade My Mind (For a Sane One), Rock Climbing With My Bare Feet, Citizen's Arrest, Life's Waves Won't Knock Me Over, Featuring: I Wait on Words! Be prepared to be intellectually challenged, spiritually moved, and genuinely entertained! For young and mature readers alike, of all cultures and ethnicities.
Author : Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock
Publisher : Markus Wiener Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Jamaican People written by Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock and published by Markus Wiener Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Jamaican people from an Afro-Caribbean rather than a European perspective. Africa is at the centre of the story; for by claiming Africa as homeland, Jamaicans gain a sense of historical continuity, of identity, and of roots.
Author : Beth Lesser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957260085
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Dancehall written by Beth Lesser and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive study and essential guide to Jamaican Dancehall in the 1980s. Dancehall is at the centre of Jamaican musical and cultural life. From its roots in Kingston in the 1950s to its heyday in the 1980s, Dancehall has conquered the globe also spreading to the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Europe and beyond. This definitive study and essential guide to Jamaican Dancehall in the 1980s features hundreds of exclusive photographs with accompanying text, interviews and biographies. This book captures a previously unseen era of musical culture fashion and lifestyle. With unprecedented access to the incredibly vibrant music scene during this period, Beth Lesser's photographs are a unique way in to a previously hidden part of Jamaican culture.
Author : Daniel Balderston
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415306876
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (153 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 written by Daniel Balderston and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. With more than 200 entries written by a team of international contributors, this Encyclopedia successfully covers the popular to the esoteric. The Encyclopedia is an invaluable reference resource for those studying Latin American and/or Caribbean literature as well as being of huge interest to those folowing Spanish or Portuguese language courses.
Author : Jelani Cobb
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006301761X
Total Pages : 883 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)
Download or read book The Matter of Black Lives written by Jelani Cobb and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 883 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani Cobb This anthology from the pages of the New Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and artistic inspiration. It reaches back across a century, with Rebecca West’s classic account of a 1947 lynching trial and James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind” (which later formed the basis of The Fire Next Time), and yet it also explores our current moment, from the classroom to the prison cell and the upheavals of what Jelani Cobb calls “the American Spring.” Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir, and criticism from writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Elizabeth Alexander, Hilton Als, Vinson Cunningham, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Malcolm Gladwell, Jamaica Kincaid, Kelefa Sanneh, Doreen St. Félix, and others, the collection offers startling insights about this country’s relationship with race. The Matter of Black Lives reveals the weight of a singular history, and challenges us to envision the future anew.
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Author : Carole Boyce Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851097058
Total Pages : 1269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora [3 volumes] written by Carole Boyce Davies and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-07-29 with total page 1269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative source for information on the people, places, and events of the African Diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries. The field of African Diaspora studies is rapidly growing. Until now there was no single, authoritative source for information on this broad, complex discipline. Drawing on the work of over 300 scholars, this encyclopedia fills that void. Now the researcher, from high school level up, can go to a single reference for information on the historical, political, economic, and cultural relations between people of African descent and the rest of the world community. Five hundred years of relocation and dislocation, of assimilation and separation have produced a rich tapestry of history and culture into which are woven people, places, and events. This authoritative, accessible work picks out the strands of the tapestry, telling the story of diverse peoples, separated by time and distance, but retaining a commonality of origin and experience. Organized in A–Z sections covering global topics, country of origin, and destination country, the work is designed for easy use by all.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book 22 Jamaican Short Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Khamara Wright
Publisher : Khamara Wright
ISBN 13 : 9781087979557
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (795 download)
Download or read book Patois Project Wid Nina written by Khamara Wright and published by Khamara Wright. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover the history of Jamaican Patois with Nina! Filled with an insightful story and wonderful Jamaican inspired activities, Patois Project Wid Nina is a children's book written by Khamara Wright (National Miss Jamaica Festival Queen for 2019/2020) addressing the subject, perception and acceptance of Patois (pronounced 'pat-wah', the native dialect of Jamaica). The story follows a young girl who recently migrated to North America and is teased by her peers due to her accent and her use of Patois in school. Nina decides to resolve the matter herself through simplifying the history of Patois and it's importance to her beautiful country Jamaica. With this knowledge, Nina shares with her classmates and is rewarded! Book extras: Engage in exciting Jamaican inspired activities Learn Jamaican Patois word origins Answer reading comprehension questions Drawing pages Puzzle You wont want to miss an opportunity to highlight and teach the history of Jamaica's native tongue in this fun, enlightening and interactive book for your little one! Perfect for ages: 6 - 12 years and up
Author : Richard Atkinson
Publisher : Fourth Estate
ISBN 13 : 9780007509232
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract written by Richard Atkinson and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jamaica Festival written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
