by Eric Doumerc | 27, May 2026
Emily Zobel Marshall. Bath of Herbs. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2023. 86 pages. ISBN:978-1-84523-557-4. Emily Zobel Marshall is a lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and specialises in the study of Caribbean literature. She is an expert on carnival cultures and on the...
by Eric Doumerc | 14, Jan 2026
Mervyn Morris. Miss Lou – Louise Bennett and Jamaican Culture.(Kingston and Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, 2014), 104 p., 2014.ISBN : 978-976-637-886-0 Louise Bennett (1919-2006) was born in 1919 in Kingston, Jamaica and died in 2006. She was a folklorist, a singer,...
by Eric Doumerc | 14, Jan 2026
Soul Avenger (2021) Ben E. Hunter has been active as a performing artist on the New Orleans reggae and folk/acoustic scene for many years now. He was born in Treme, New Orleans’ African-American district, and although his musical tastes include Led Zeppelin,...
by Eric Doumerc | 14, Jan 2026
Kokumo. Just Pieces of a Man .APS Books, 2022. Originally from Jamaica, Gerald Dixon, aka Kokumo, is a dub poet who has lived in Birmingham for many years and is well-known as an activist, workshop facilitator, poet, and storyteller. In 2006 Kokumo released a CD...
by Eric Doumerc | 8, Jun 2022
Malachi D. Smith. Tick Off (4-M Music/BMI, 2020). Malachi D. Smith was born in Westmoreland, Jamaica and joined the Jamaican Constabulary Force in the mid-1970s. He was a founding member of the group Poets in Unity, started by Chris Bailey and Tomlin Ellis in the late...
