First published on Thursday, February 09, 2012 in the Tribune newspaper. THE other day I stumped a politician by asking him a simple question: What is Africa? The question emerged because he responded to another question I posed, are you African, by saying, “No, I am a Bahamian with African heritage.” So naturally, I pressed, and asked, well what does it …

First Published On: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 in the Tribune newspaper. EVERY year when January 10 rolls around, I often feel as though the Progressive Liberal Party’s glorification of Majority Rule Day is a political strategy to guilt me into pledging my allegiance to the PLP as a show of respect for all they did to bring about the liberation …

First Published On: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in the Tribune newspaper. IT IS hard to believe 10 months have passed since I put pen to paper to discuss the political future of Branville McCartney, member of parliament for Bamboo Town. When he resigned from the Free National Movement last March, it was unclear if narcissism had simply got the better …

EVERY Wednesday night, Christie Park is transformed into an organised festival ground to house hundreds of Junkanooers who come to feel the rush from the beat of the drum and the clang of the cowbells. The unmistakable sound of Junkanoo reverberates from inside the park and echoes all the way down Nassau Street. Musicians from the Roots Junkanoo group take …

LAST weekend, while attending a wedding, I overheard a conversation between a group of people about shades of blackness. The conversation was another painful reminder of the shortcomings of decades of struggle to recognise beauty in the black aesthetic. A young woman remarked to her friend, saying: “Boy, you get black dread.” She was so astounded by the sight of her friend’s blackness that she remarked …