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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 8 books in this booklist
£19.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781845234768 | ISBN 10: 1845234766
In this collection of interviews, Jacqueline Bishop is in conversation with eighteen female Jamaican writers, some of whom have emigrated from the island. This deeply intimate and personal encounter between the writer and artist, Bishop, and those sh ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781906413828 | ISBN 10: 1906413827
Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet – and one of the most popular athletes of all time. His dramatic world record-breaking feats in the 100 and 200 metres have earned him Olympic and world gold medals in the last couple of years. But what has ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781906190392 | ISBN 10: 1906190399
In the mid-1960s, Keith Walker said goodbye to the land of his birth to join his mother in England. It was the time of love and 'flower power', but life in London for a young, black man was cold, bleak, unfriendly and presented a whole new set of cha ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780007255535 | ISBN 10: 0007255535
What was it about Bob Marley that made him so popular in a world dominated by rock’n’roll? How is that he has not only remained the single most successful reggae artist ever, but has also become a shining beacon of radicalism and peace to generation ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781843549963 | ISBN 10: 1843549964
'Throughout her life my mother lived in two places at once: Kingston, Jamaica, where she raised a family of nine children, and Harvey River, in the parish of Hanover, where she was born and grew up.' In lush, vivid prose textured with the cad ... more
View book details£21.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781592214655 | ISBN 10: 1592214657
This fascinating and lively book by Lloyd McCarthy compares and brings into light the relevant worldviews of the famous Afro-Caribbean poet and novelist, Claude McKay, and the world renowned socialist prime minister from the Caribbean island of Jamai ... more
View book details£36.50 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9789766401689 | ISBN 10: 9766401683
This work provides an accessible account of a poorly understood aspect of Jamaican popular culture. It explores the socio-political meanings of Jamaica's dancehall culture. In particular, the book gives an account of the power relations within the da ... more
View book details£22.95 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781558762138 | ISBN 10: 1558762132
An exploration of African-American freedom fighters in Jamaica, presenting a history of resistance instead of a history of domination. The context of marronage is carefully established: the plantation system as an economic and ideological machine fue ... more
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