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A New Day
Jamaican poet, Jean Goulbourne brings us poems of sorrow and gladness, day and night, valleys and mountains, birth and death, starvation and fullness. In spite of cultural differences, races and creeds, in this world of diversity, humanity remains the same. A New Day asks us to accept each other as human, regardless of all the above, and seek love rather than hate.
Actors in the Arena
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Excavation
Past and present collide to dramatic effect when a group of Jamaican and American students and their lecturers begin a month-long archaeological dig on the former sugar estate Plantation Plains. They begin as strangers, each bringing their different expectations. The young white Americans look forward to getting their hands dirty in an exotic new environment, but for Carla the excavations on the sites of the Big House and the slave quarters are potent reminders that her own ancestry is both Black and White. The dig brings Rastafarian Akete closer to all that has oppressed his race and when one of the Americans starts showing too keen an interest in Carla, he feels that it is his duty to protect a sister. Tension mounts as the uncovering of the past brings to the surface quite different ways of looking at the world. For all the group there is the stark contrast between the beauty of the poetically evoked Jamaican landscape and the dark secrets lying underneath it.
Parable of the Mangoes
The 12 stories represent a number of people who have been imprisoned in various situations over many years. They seek to illustrate problems that people face: slavery -old and new, life in the ghetto, insanity, differences in religion, political differences and many other forms of mental and physical imprisonment.
Rastafari and the Arts
Drawing on literary, musical, and visual representations of and by Rastafari, Darren J. N. Middleton provides an introduction to Rasta through the arts, broadly conceived. The religious underpinnings of the Rasta movement are often overshadowed by Rasta’s association with reggae music, dub, and performance poetry. Rastafari and the Arts: An Introduction takes a fresh view of Rasta, considering the relationship between the artistic and religious dimensions of the movement in depth. Middleton’s analysis complements current introductions to Afro-Caribbean religions and offers an engaging example of the role of popular culture in illuminating the beliefs and practices of emerging religions. Recognizing that outsiders as well as insiders have shaped the Rasta movement since its modest beginnings in Jamaica, Middleton includes interviews with members of both groups, including: Ejay Khan, Barbara Makeda Blake Hannah, Geoffrey Philp, Asante Amen, Reggae Rajahs, Benjamin Zephaniah, Monica Haim, Blakk Rasta, Rocky Dawuni, and Marvin D. Sterling.
The Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry
This collection is an invaluable academic selection and will provide a fine introduction for the general reader interested in the lyricism of Caribbean poetry.
Woman Song
Writing with the directness of the reggae lyric, Goulbourne articulates the griefs, hopes and unquenchable spirit of black women. 'Woman Song' reveals a constant faith in woman's creativity, both in their everyday lives and in artistic expression.
When the Bitter Bush Blossoms
It's 1959 in Cross Keys, Jamaica, and Janelle is excited to go to Portsea and spend time with her cousins, Selena and Diana. But things are not all going well. At home her baby brother Mikey is showing worrying developmental delays, and her parents are arguing over the nativity play her dad wants to write. She's also struggling to find friends at school, and, worst of all, cousin Diana seems to have joined a cult. Janelle writes everything down in her diary in this touching and sweet historical story.
My Aunt and The Potted Plant
'A female voice writing about a disappearing world with clarity, compassion, humour, deep affection and wit.' Patricia CumperSet in Jamaica after the close of the Second World War, Jean Goubourne's short stories describe the rural town in which she grew up, and the local gossip and tales that were passed down the generations. She evokes the long, sun-drenched summers of her childhood, and her relationships with various eccentric family members, as well as describing the lives and loves of members of the community, from both ends of the social scale: a bored cashier dreams of breaking free, while a pastor fights the persistent influence of an obeah man.
