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Ganeshananthan, whose parents are Sri Lankan, said her advisor, visiting lecturer Jamaica Kincaid, encouraged her to publish the thesis...
Wallace, 59, an immigrant from Jamaica, raised her only child Christopher--Biggie's real name--in Brooklyn. Biggie's father left the family before Biggie turned 2. But Wallace forged on, holding down two jobs and enrolling her son in Catholic school. She took pride when he made the honor roll but was disappointed when, at 17, he left school to sell drugs. Much like Tupac, Biggie looked to his mother for inspiration for his music. "My Momma got cancer in her breast," he mourned on his debut album, Ready to Die. "Don't ask me why I'm motherf...
...Predictions: Depression devolves into despair. Then you’ll go to Jamaica. Midterms will not get any easier, especially since you stopped going to class. You will finally realize that your Harvard GPA will be lower than your high school...
...Marley Goes Gold Reggae great honored a little late Nothing says "Happy belated birthday" like ... coins? The Bank of Jamaica is minting a gold-and-silver piece to honor Bob Marley's 60th--six months after what would have been his 61st...
...DIED. Desmond Dekker, 64, Kingston welder turned rocker who introduced ska and reggae to the world beyond Jamaica, scoring a Top 10 single in both the U.S. and England with his 1968 song Israelites; of an apparent heart attack in Surrey, England. Before most people had heard of Bob Marley, Dekker chronicled Jamaican street life in songs like Rude Boy Train; 007 (Shanty Town), which appeared on the sound track to the film The Harder They Come...