As the Constitutional Reform Committee (CRC) steps up its efforts to lay the foundation to ensure that the country transitions to the Republic of Jamaica, the debate continues with regard to its ...

Clive Forrester is a continuing lecturer at the department of English language and literature at the University of Waterloo. He was born in Jamaica and previously taught a course on Jamaican Creole at ...

I write in response to Professor Carolyn Cooper’s article entitled ‘Emancipating the Jamaican language lickle-lickle’ published in The Gleaner on August 7. As usual, her argument is on point. In ...

Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex history. "Check di English bwoy dem try fi speak Patwa" – "Check these ...

Cagney with his younger brother, mother and maternal great-grandparents (Credit: Idris Veitch and Wilfred Limonious Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the ...

Mr Golding said the legacy of colonialism in Jamaica is the belief that their own language is unworthy and that must change LEGEND: Reggae star Bob Marley on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in ...

Altogether, although the words seem quite rude, Hubert Devonish said they are typical among friends, and that he could often hear similar language from colleagues You can save this article by ...

What's worse than a bad movie? If you ask linguist Joseph Farquharson, he might say a movie that makes a caricature of the distinct patois of Jamaican accents. When asked to be an advisor on the new ...

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An Uber pulls up to a Weston Road plaza populated by no fewer than five Caribbean restaurants. Carrie Mullings gets in the car and says hello to the driver, a young black man. They make small talk, ...