NEW YORK (CMC) - New York police say a man accused of smothering a 14-year-old Jamaican girl to death in Brooklyn, New York, shoving her body in a suitcase and setting it aflame on a Brooklyn beach, murdered the teen because she said she was pregn …
KINGSTON, Jamaica
WTF - Toots Hibbert hit in the head with a bottle at Dominion Riverrock Festival
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Grammy-winning reggae star Toots Hibbert was injured after a bottle throwing incident at his Virginia concert on the weekend.
According to reports, Toots, whose real name is Fredrick Hibbert, was treated at a local hospital for a bloody forehead and laceration.
The video shows the lead singer of Toots and the Maytals being struck by a vodka bottle. (Not sure which brand)!
![Everald Brown
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The National Gallery of Jamaica blog features self-taught painter Everald Brown, whose work is part of the ongoing “Natural Histories” exhibition [see National Gallery of Jamaica Hosts “Natural Histories” Exhibition]:
The work of self-taught painter and sculptor Everald Brown is best understood in the context of religious Rastafari and African-Jamaican spirituality. Like many other religious Rastafarians, Brother Brown was attracted to the teachings and ritual practices of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and in the early 1960s established the Assembly of the Living, a self-styled mission of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church which was located at 82 ½ Spanish Town Road. The beliefs, ritual practices and symbols of Brother Brown and his church community were however far from “orthodox’” and freely combined elements of religious Rastafari, Freemasonry, Kumina, Revival, and Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
This eclectic spirituality is evident throughout Everald Brown’s artistic work, most obviously in those works that depict his own ritual practices and mystical symbols but it is also implied in his landscapes and his depictions of rocks and vegetation. In these works, nature is celebrated for its bountifulness to humankind, as the material incarnation of the divine.
Brother Brown’s preoccupation with this theme became more pronounced after he moved his family to Murray Mountain, in the hills of St Ann in 1973. Inspired by the grandiose vistas and suggestive erosions and vegetation of the limestone landscape of central Jamaica, his mystical imagination took full flight, leading to paintings such as Bush Have Ears (1976) that reflect a vision of nature and the land in which everything is imbued with spiritual meaning and ancient truths, to be revealed by the artist-mystic. Brown’s “natural mysticism” is also evident in the later Cotton Duppy Tree (1994), although the ghostly cotton tree in this work is more obviously linked to Jamaican popular culture, in which the cotton tree is seen as a dwelling space for spirits and an “axis mundi” which links the earthly and spiritual realms.
[Shown above: Everald Brown’s “Bush Have Ears” (1976).]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a25a3ed1d713b402348b57f25d478c7/tumblr_mn1em0vs3Q1r9bbqfo1_500.jpg)
Everald Brown
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The National Gallery of Jamaica blog features self-taught painter Everald Brown, whose work is part of the ongoing “Natural Histories” exhibition [see National Gallery of Jamaica Hosts “Natural Histories” Exhibition]:
The work of self-taught painter and sculptor Everald Brown is best understood in the context of religious Rastafari and African-Jamaican spirituality. Like many other religious Rastafarians, Brother Brown was attracted to the teachings and ritual practices of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and in the early 1960s established the Assembly of the Living, a self-styled mission of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church which was located at 82 ½ Spanish Town Road. The beliefs, ritual practices and symbols of Brother Brown and his church community were however far from “orthodox’” and freely combined elements of religious Rastafari, Freemasonry, Kumina, Revival, and Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity.
This eclectic spirituality is evident throughout Everald Brown’s artistic work, most obviously in those works that depict his own ritual practices and mystical symbols but it is also implied in his landscapes and his depictions of rocks and vegetation. In these works, nature is celebrated for its bountifulness to humankind, as the material incarnation of the divine.
Brother Brown’s preoccupation with this theme became more pronounced after he moved his family to Murray Mountain, in the hills of St Ann in 1973. Inspired by the grandiose vistas and suggestive erosions and vegetation of the limestone landscape of central Jamaica, his mystical imagination took full flight, leading to paintings such as Bush Have Ears (1976) that reflect a vision of nature and the land in which everything is imbued with spiritual meaning and ancient truths, to be revealed by the artist-mystic. Brown’s “natural mysticism” is also evident in the later Cotton Duppy Tree (1994), although the ghostly cotton tree in this work is more obviously linked to Jamaican popular culture, in which the cotton tree is seen as a dwelling space for spirits and an “axis mundi” which links the earthly and spiritual realms.
[Shown above: Everald Brown’s “Bush Have Ears” (1976).]
Vybz Kartel Conspiracy Trial Postponed AGAIN, Gaza Slim Sound Off
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Vybz Kartel conspiracy trial was again delayed and Gaza Slim is furious.
The case against the self proclaim Worl’Boss and his co-accused Gaza Slim, real name Vanessa Saddler, and Andre “Pim Pim” Henry was mentioned in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrates Court yesterday.
However, the trial failed to get underway and was subsequently postponed until July.
Speaking with Irie FM, Gaza Slim says the constant delays is getting frustrating.
“Them just constantly putting it off and putting it off,” Gaza Slim said. “But its god we put our trust in and not mankind so what is to be must be.”
Gaza Slim also said she is channeling her focus on her musical career and is hoping Vybz Kartel would be released sometime soon.
Vybz Kartel oft-delayed murder trial is scheduled for May 27, however, fans are keeping their fingers cross that there will be no more delays.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A police corporal in Jamaica has been arrested after authorities say he called a prisoner’s family and stated he could release the inmate in exchange for $10,000.
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The Enigma of the Return, By Dany Laferrière, trans. David Homel
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A magnificent meditation on loss and political exile as a great Haitian writer returns home, as Ian Thomson writes in this review for London’sIndependent.
After years of estrangement in a foreign land, what can a great Haitian writer expect to find on his return home? The remembered warmth and….[Full article HERE]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/2611bc0f44ec6bd37cc248246d58040a/tumblr_mmpk12oLhE1r9bbqfo1_500.jpg)
READ A BOOK:
The Enigma of the Return, By Dany Laferrière, trans. David Homel
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A magnificent meditation on loss and political exile as a great Haitian writer returns home, as Ian Thomson writes in this review for London’sIndependent.
After years of estrangement in a foreign land, what can a great Haitian writer expect to find on his return home? The remembered warmth and….[Full article HERE]
Dreadlocked Jamaican construction worker weds daughter of US house speaker
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The eldest daughter of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, John Boehner, has tied the knot with her dreadlocked, Jamaican-born construction worker boyfriend.
Lindsay Marie Boehner, 35, married Dominic Lakhan, 38, over the weekend in an intimate ceremony amid a lush Florida garden. She wore a flowing white strapless gown, showing off a huge tattoo etched across her arm, while Dominic wore a grey suit with his dreadlocks flowing down his back.
The Republican House Speaker reportedly looked on proudly after walking Lindsay down the aisle at Sundy House under tight security.
About 60 guests were invited to the wedding, including Boehner and his wife Debbie, and Lindsay’s younger sister Tricia, 32.
Male guests reportedly sported Hawaiian shirts and slacks, while the women wore sun dresses and semi-formal gowns.
Dominic was arrested in 2006 for possessing marijuana, with the arresting officer reporting that Lakhan admitted to possessing it for “personal use,” Boehner is a strong opponent of legalizing the drug.
![Damian Marley
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Connor Casner and Willow Delgado wrote this formy.hsj.org—it is an example of secondary school students’ interest in writing about the Caribbean.
Damian was two years old when his father, Bob Marley, died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian’s nickname Junior Gong is derived from his father’s nickname of Tuff Gong. Marley has been performing since the age of 13.Marley has described his music as “dancehall and reggae. I’ve noticed…people trying to separate the two of them,” he continues. “It’s Jamaican culture in general. I don’t …..[Full article HERE]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/1557ae702d0877af1223e5844c7f57b1/tumblr_mmqcdxeDFb1r9bbqfo1_400.jpg)
Damian Marley
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Connor Casner and Willow Delgado wrote this formy.hsj.org—it is an example of secondary school students’ interest in writing about the Caribbean.
Damian was two years old when his father, Bob Marley, died; he is the only child born to Marley and Cindy Breakspeare, Miss World 1976. Damian’s nickname Junior Gong is derived from his father’s nickname of Tuff Gong. Marley has been performing since the age of 13.Marley has described his music as “dancehall and reggae. I’ve noticed…people trying to separate the two of them,” he continues. “It’s Jamaican culture in general. I don’t …..[Full article HERE]
