archive for Jamaicans on the Edge

• German Town The Lost Story Of Seaford Town Jamaica

  10 July 2012 by Karin in Jamaican History,Jamaicans on the Edge [ 8 comments ]

  Check out this new trailer of an upcoming documentary about German heritage and history in Jamaica. "German Town The Lost Story Of Seaford Town Jamaica" is a full length documentary that explores the history of German heritage and history within Westmoreland, ...

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• Jamaican In Paris: Nationality on My Back

  8 May 2012 by Karin in Jamaican Writers,Jamaicans on the Edge,Poetry [ 1 comment ]

  Thanks to YardEdge contributor, Opal Palmer Adisa, for this reflection on being a Jamaican in Paris... Last August, while alternating between relaxing, meditating and writing in Luxembourg Garden in Paris, I was interrupted from my reverie by a stranger who asked ...

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• Jamaica Produces a Chess-Master, Maurice Ashley

  28 April 2012 by Karin in Jamaicans on the Edge [ 2 comments ]

  YardEdge again welcomes writer Opal Palmer Adisa for this article on Jamaican American Maurice Ashley,  International Chess Grandmaster, a fitting story to celebrate Jamaica 50! The first ten years of a child’s life defines and imprints him. Wherever he goes thereafter, whatever he ...

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