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Articles on Jamaica
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An invasive Australian tree is exploiting ever-stronger hurricanes.
An expert on the royal family’s finances explains how they still benefit from historical connections to slavery and empire.
By looking back at my dad’s music collection I understand more clearly that the music I listened to as a child shaped my personality, destiny and view of the world.
The last original Wailer may have died, but the musician’s lasting influence on music is clear
Britain’s widely circulated notion of the ‘foreign criminal’ has generated an atmosphere of hostility in Jamaica.
Did people settle these islands by traveling north from South America, or in the other direction? Reanalyzing data from artifacts discovered decades ago provides a definitive answer.
A scholar of slavery in the British Empire describes the first boycott against sugar made with slave labor in the West Indies.
The killing of George Floyd has sparked debates in Jamaica about police brutality – and class and colour.
Conservatives worldwide favor carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems and other innovative environmental plans – just not in the United States.
Even before the British billionaire invested US$1 billion in making the region ‘climate-smart,’ Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica were pioneering a renewable energy boom in the Caribbean.
More than just a musical accolade, UNESCO has recognised the social and political importance of Jamaican music.
The legalisation of the private use of cannabis in South Africa is a victory for human rights. But, much more work needs to be done to make it practical.
The celebrity chef is being accused of cultural appropriation over his latest product. But what is ‘jerk’ food and why the uproar?
Reggae is the musical expression of Rastafari, a belief system of migrants to Jamaica. A popular song, ‘Rivers of Babylon,’ offers a window into their spirituality and longing for their homeland.
People from the Windrush generation have been told recently that they do not belong in Britain, but they are no strangers to feelings of unbelonging, which feature strongly in their stories of early life in Britain.
Lotto scamming — a criminal enterprise largely targeting elderly Americans — is lucrative in western Jamaica, where it is thought to be behind 50 percent of all area murders last year.
Every year, migrant workers come to Canada to pick the fruits and vegetables we take for granted. They aren’t paid well and get none of the benefits they pay into. It’s time to treat them fairly.
Reggae in South Africa has lost its visibility and prominence inside the country after apartheid. But local artists have built up extensive international links.
Sea cows (Sirenia) descended from four legged mammals that roamed Africa when this continent was isolated. They belong to the Afrotheria, the ‘African beasts’.
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Visiting Research Fellow, Birmingham School of Media, Birmingham City University
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Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer in Anthropology, Catholic University of Malawi
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Post-doctoral researcher, cultural studies, University of Eastern Finland
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Reader & Associate Professor in English & Postcolonial Literatures, York St John University
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Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
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Professor Emeritus, Labour Studies and Political Science, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor of Politics and Policy Studies, Elon University
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Senior researcher, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Reader in American history, University of Warwick
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Deputy Director for Creative Writing, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor in Architectural Engineering, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor of Health Studies, Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University