Pimento, Plexiglass and Paradise
Godfrey Wade gave fifty years to the United States as a soldier, chef, father, athlete, and fashion designer. Then they put him on a plane back to Jamaica.
Bad Bunny, Shaboozey, and the Debt That Crosses Every Border
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance was billed as entertainment. But for us in the African diaspora paying attention, it rang out as an indictment. I am a Jamaican-born woman with predominantly African roots. The trans-Atlantic slave trade resulted in me also having a smattering of Taíno and European ancestry, and American Imperialism now has me…
Same Mother, Same Father, Same Boat
Three brothers, one boat, and a sea still settling after the storm. A portrait of labor, inheritance, and quiet resistance in Alligator Pond, Jamaica.