Culture
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Urban dictionary describes “blerd” as such: A nerd who is of African American decent [sic]. A BLack-nERD. Turk: “My cousins a blerd” Carla: !?!?! Turk: A black nerd. Based on their definition I am not a blerd because I am not of “African American decent [sic]”. It’s not necessary to go into my ancestry. Suffice it…
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“From a young age, even the children had their appropriate responsibility. I cannot remember exactly at what age it first fell to me, but my duty was to clean the chicken coop each week. And those chickens were prolific in more than eggs, which is why later, whenever I’ve heard anyone derogatively described…
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Seri Jeni: It was after this [the removal of the population from areas where they supported the freedom fighters] that one of my children joined the struggle. What happened was that she woke up early in the morning and got ready the various things he used to sell. Then she changed into a denim dress,…
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Louise Bennett on the Jamaican Language Jamaica’s Dr. Louise Bennett Coverley, Miss Lou as she was affectionately called, was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 7th September, 1919. A cultural icon locally, regionally and internationally, Miss Lou was one of Jamaica’s leading comediennes and the ‘only poet who . . .really hit the truth about her…
Tichaona Chinyelu 