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A Story Rewritten
by Natalia Downer Below – and how it pains me so – I have attached a short story that I had begun writing for the PSCCA Short Story competition, only to later read the fine print and realize that, in order to actually have a chance of winning at all – not by my craft…
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2022, Afrofuturism, Bob Marley, Chronixx, Dancehall, Disco, Dubstep, Experimental, Fashion, Futuristic, Grace Jones, Icon, Innovator, Jamaican, Lee Scratch Perry, Music, Pioneer, Pop, Reggae, Remix, Roots, Skank, Trap
Jamaican Musicians -Afrofuturism
Jamar McNaughton/Chronixx Known for a Reggae Revival. Uses digital instrument to experiment with reggae and dancehall – trap reggae/dancehall Positive thinking, Social Justice, Black Empowerment, Rastafarian themes in his music. Invested in his homeland and knowledge of African roots through Rastafari These creative giants have been able to reconstruct “Blackness” in the culture. According to…
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[Spoilers] Review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
by Kandice Thompson This article containers spoilers Okay so hear me out, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was for the Black girls! Beyond the geopolitical wars and Marvel’s formulaic film style that has become standard in the superhero genre is a love letter to Black women and girls. No, this isn’t a co-sign of the damaging…
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Afrofuturism and Food: An Interview with Educator/Food Blogger Dayna-Lee Stewart
By Kandice Thompson Conceptually, Afrofuturism easily sits in the theoretical realm and for my project I’m trying to find how Jamaicans have knowingly and unknowingly contributed to or been influenced by such radical schools of thought. Knowing this, I have to interrogate the factors that constitute a society. An essential component that is easily overlooked…
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Grace Jones: On The Cutting Edge
By Kandice Thompson Black Panther was many of our first entries into the world of Afrofuturism. This one film has done wonders with its reach, opening up the masses to ideas of a futuristic black society, but there is so much more. However, it seems as if most of the popular contributions have been done…
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I Know Why You Stopped Smiling(Flash CNF)
I miss your smile, the one that exploded across your face when you heard the ice-cream man’s horn, peep-peeeeep. Your eyes danced with white youth, yellow happiness, a reflection of the evening sky. Then your smile started to fade, especially when he came around, when he sat beside your mom around the dining table; you…
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Spurned
By Kandice Thompson That night in the backseat of your car, I pushed my head in between the front seats as if that would make you hear me. You screamed at us, me mostly, in the same language you spurned. My throat worked painfully as I swallowed dry, working up the nerve but conscious of…
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Own Voices: A Conversation with Gibrey Allen
By Kandice Thompson Gibrey Allen is the director of the 2020 film Right Near the Beach which examines Jamaica’s cultural approach to sexuality and grief. The film follows Miles after the loss of his son Jeff to a brutal hate crime. Allen also plays the Miles’ son Mike who returns to Jamaica for his brother’s…
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My Introduction to the Digital Humanities. Review of “Laurie Taylor and Cultivating Caribbean Knowledge”.
Greetings Cyber Sapiens My name is Kandice Thompson. I am a Literatures in English major, Film Studies minor at the University of the West Indies. On this day, in the year of our Lord 2022 this course, Creative Non-Fiction and Digital Media, felt like a necessity for a humanities student. In this techno-social era, navigating…
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