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The City of Miami Through Caribbean Eyes (opens the original)
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Editor’s Note: I am pleased to share this guest feature by Jamaican journalist and communications professional Keisha A. Hill JP. Keisha participated in a Caribbean press tour organised by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau and brings a distinctly Caribbean perspective to Miami’s history, culture, food, creativity and communities. The observations and views expressed in this article are her own. I have a confession to make: I am not a fan of flying!However, for someone who works in m
The Night I Came Close to Meeting Mia Amor Mottley (opens the original)
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True Caribbean political leaders, those who rise to the challenge of their people, lift the confidence of a region and represent Black people before the world; do not come often.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1600" src="https://substackcdn.com/ima
Loyal Subjects?” Jamaica, Reparations and the Language of Empire (opens the original)
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I listened carefully as Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange spoke about Jamaica’s legal pursuit of reparatory justice from the British Crown and the Government of the United Kingdom.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="710" src="https://subs
We Are Not Just Remittances: The Diaspora Is Building Jamaica (opens the original)
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There was a time when Jamaicans overseas were too often seen mainly as the people who sent barrels home. Then we became remittances, figures on a balance sheet; dollars that helped families pay school fees, buy food, repair homes, and survive difficult times. Then came the conferences, the flags, the handshakes, the speeches, and the photographs<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lCEt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu
Democratic Socialism Was Not Abstract to Me: But What Does a Successful Economy Mean to the Poor? (opens the original)
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I came of age in Jamaica in the late 1960s and 1970s. I lived through the eras of Sir Alexander Bustamante and Donald Sangster, but I became politically aware during the years of Hugh Shearer, Michael Manley, and the first Edward Seaga administration.ShareI remember the pride around the building of secondary schools under Hugh Shearer’s leadership. His 197
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