“Many Rivers To Cross”: A Concept for Africana Studies From Outside the USA
Hilary Robertson-Hickling (PhD) Senior Lecturer Mona School Of Business and Management The University of the West Indies Mona It is now fifty years ago that the Jamaican musician Jimmy Cliff wrote the following song.Many Rivers to Cross. The word are as follows; Many...
Standing on the Shoulders of Miss Lou and Our Elders
As a child, I remember being transfixed by a Jamaican TV show called “Ring Ding” hosted by a Dr. Louise Bennett who was affectionately called Miss Lou. Ring Ding was a kind of Jamaican Sesame Street with one major character: Miss Lou. She presided over groups of...
In the Debates about Immigration, “Foreign” is also a Noun.
At least once a month, I want to preview a new book. This month, I am happy to preview That Time In Foreign by my Jamaican colleague, Dr. Hilary Robertson Hickling. For those not familiar with Jamaican vernacular, yes, foreign can be a noun as well as an adjective....
The Caribbean Windrush Generation, Colonialism and the Idea of Home
I was born in Jamaica, a former colony of Great Britain. When I was growing up, I did not really understand what that meant. I knew only that we spoke English and Jamaican patois but English was the official language. I knew too that we learned a lot about British...