A. McKenzie
@alemckenzie.bsky.social
Writer | reader | painter
#Jamaica 🇯🇲- #France
#books #art #flowers
#Jamaica 🇯🇲- #France
#books #art #flowers
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300,000 seedlings to be planted to help with Melissa forestry recovery and long-term resilience
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
300,000 seedlings to be planted to help with Melissa forestry recovery and long-term resilience
The Forestry Department will replant some 300,000 seedlings between January and June 2026, under phase one of its new RE-LEAF initiative (Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework)...
jamaica-gleaner.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:40 AM
300,000 seedlings to be planted to help with Melissa forestry recovery and long-term resilience
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news...
RIP Stephen “Cat” Coore, co-founder of Third World, one of the world’s greatest #reggae bands.
Thank you for the music, which spanned different genres.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeY...
Thank you for the music, which spanned different genres.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeY...
NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE - THIRD WORLD
YouTube video by TIMMOFUNK
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January 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM
RIP Stephen “Cat” Coore, co-founder of Third World, one of the world’s greatest #reggae bands.
Thank you for the music, which spanned different genres.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeY...
Thank you for the music, which spanned different genres.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XXeY...
“Goldsmiths has honoured one of its most prominent graduates by dedicating a lecture theatre to poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ).”
#poetry #Caribbean #Britain #Jamaica #writing #arts
www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/li...
#poetry #Caribbean #Britain #Jamaica #writing #arts
www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/li...
Lecture theatre dedicated to Linton Kwesi Johnson
Goldsmiths has honoured one of its most prominent graduates by dedicating a lecture theatre to poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ).
www.gold.ac.uk
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 AM
“Goldsmiths has honoured one of its most prominent graduates by dedicating a lecture theatre to poet and activist Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ).”
#poetry #Caribbean #Britain #Jamaica #writing #arts
www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/li...
#poetry #Caribbean #Britain #Jamaica #writing #arts
www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/li...
The private correspondence of #Jamaican-born #writer Claude McKay (key Harlem Renaissance figure) was recently published by Yale University Press.
Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
southernworldartsnews.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
Also @ipsnews.net
Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
southernworldartsnews.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
Also @ipsnews.net
BOOKS: A PEEP INTO CLAUDE MCKAY’S ‘LETTERS IN EXILE'
Nomadic Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay probably never dreamed that 21 st -century readers would be delving into his private correspon...
southernworldartsnews.blogspot.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The private correspondence of #Jamaican-born #writer Claude McKay (key Harlem Renaissance figure) was recently published by Yale University Press.
Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
southernworldartsnews.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
Also @ipsnews.net
Here's our first brief review: ”A Peep into Claude McKay’s ‘Letters in Exile’”.
southernworldartsnews.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...
Also @ipsnews.net
New from @dukepress.bsky.social :
P FKN R
How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
By Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
“…offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny…” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
#Caribe
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How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
By Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
“…offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny…” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
#Caribe
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
New from @dukepress.bsky.social :
P FKN R
How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
By Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
“…offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny…” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
#Caribe
P FKN R
How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
By Vanessa Díaz & Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
“…offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny…” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
#Caribe
September 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
September 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication, STORIES FROM YARD has a new cover, new edition, @peepaltreepress.bsky.social
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
#books #stories #writing #Jamaica #Caribbean #reading #readers #writers #publishing #Caraibe
To read~
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To read~
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
QUIET DAWN
by Jean-Claude Fignolé,
translated, w/ intro, by K. L. Glover & L. Dubois
“…offers an intriguing and painful saga of a colonial family moving through history, painting portraits of many of the towering figures from #Haiti’s colonial past.” - Amy Wilentz
@dukepress.bsky.social
Sharing:
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
April 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Sharing:
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
April 29 to May 6 ~
The 27th Festival du Cinéma Brésilien de Paris / Brazilian Film Festival of Paris.
Info: www.jangada.org/festival-eve...
“James Baldwin” (vers 1945-1950) by Beauford Delaney - one of the paintings in “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”.
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“James Baldwin” (vers 1945-1950) by Beauford Delaney - one of the paintings in “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”.
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
The exhibition features 150 #artists & gives another view of French #art history. Incl. other works by Delaney.
@centrepompidou.bsky.social
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Rejoignez-nous du 3 au 7 avril pour découvrir l'œuvre de la cinéaste Sarah Maldoror ! 🎥
À l'occasion de l' #ExpoParisNoir, le Centre Pompidou rend hommage à cette cinéaste unique dont le travail documente et questionne plus que jamais le présent.
Tout le programme ici 👉 bit.ly/CP_CycleSarahMaldoror
À l'occasion de l' #ExpoParisNoir, le Centre Pompidou rend hommage à cette cinéaste unique dont le travail documente et questionne plus que jamais le présent.
Tout le programme ici 👉 bit.ly/CP_CycleSarahMaldoror
March 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Rejoignez-nous du 3 au 7 avril pour découvrir l'œuvre de la cinéaste Sarah Maldoror ! 🎥
À l'occasion de l' #ExpoParisNoir, le Centre Pompidou rend hommage à cette cinéaste unique dont le travail documente et questionne plus que jamais le présent.
Tout le programme ici 👉 bit.ly/CP_CycleSarahMaldoror
À l'occasion de l' #ExpoParisNoir, le Centre Pompidou rend hommage à cette cinéaste unique dont le travail documente et questionne plus que jamais le présent.
Tout le programme ici 👉 bit.ly/CP_CycleSarahMaldoror
“Umbral” (1950), by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, is among the works by #Caribbean #artists in the exceptional exhibition “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”. Featuring 150 Black artists in French #art #history.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
March 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Umbral” (1950), by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, is among the works by #Caribbean #artists in the exceptional exhibition “Paris Noir: Circulations artistiques et luttes anticoloniales, 1950 – 2000”. Featuring 150 Black artists in French #art #history.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
Until June 30 @centrepompidou.bsky.social.
April 10 & 11, seminar, Poitiers, France:
L’humour et le rire dans la littérature et les arts de la #Caraïbe
Humor and Laughter in #Caribbean #Literature and #Arts
caracol.hypotheses.org
L’humour et le rire dans la littérature et les arts de la #Caraïbe
Humor and Laughter in #Caribbean #Literature and #Arts
caracol.hypotheses.org
Observatoire des littératures caribéennes – Carnet de recherche de l'association CARACOL
caracol.hypotheses.org
March 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
April 10 & 11, seminar, Poitiers, France:
L’humour et le rire dans la littérature et les arts de la #Caraïbe
Humor and Laughter in #Caribbean #Literature and #Arts
caracol.hypotheses.org
L’humour et le rire dans la littérature et les arts de la #Caraïbe
Humor and Laughter in #Caribbean #Literature and #Arts
caracol.hypotheses.org
Flowers and the city.
March 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Flowers and the city.
Exhibition “Music + Life” runs until May 18 @ the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - 1st retrospective of artist Dennis Morris in France.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
March 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Exhibition “Music + Life” runs until May 18 @ the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris - 1st retrospective of artist Dennis Morris in France.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
Highlights “the full collection of his photographs capturing his youth in London, while also celebrating his iconic portraits” of Bob Marley, others.
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Kingston is my birthplace and my happy place. Nice to see it getting some love in T magazine with some f my faves highlighted within. The Caribbean Capital That’s a Creative Superpower—
A guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/t...
A guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/t...
The Caribbean Capital That’s a Creative Superpower (Gift Article)
From beachfront cookshops to tranquil mountain hideaways, a guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Kingston is my birthplace and my happy place. Nice to see it getting some love in T magazine with some f my faves highlighted within. The Caribbean Capital That’s a Creative Superpower—
A guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/t...
A guide to Kingston, Jamaica, with tips from four insiders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/t...
February 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by A. McKenzie
Afternoon listening. RIP Roberta
February 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Afternoon listening. RIP Roberta
February 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sharing ~ Call for Papers
Alice Diop’s Cinema: (Re)formulating the Real /
Le cinéma d’Alice Diop : (Re)formuler le réel
Center for French and Francophone Studies
Duke University
April 11th, 2025
Info (in French & Eng.): www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
#film #history #cinema #arts #language
Alice Diop’s Cinema: (Re)formulating the Real /
Le cinéma d’Alice Diop : (Re)formuler le réel
Center for French and Francophone Studies
Duke University
April 11th, 2025
Info (in French & Eng.): www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
#film #history #cinema #arts #language
Le cinéma d’Alice Diop : (Re)formuler le réel
Le cinéma d’Alice Diop : (Re)formuler le réel Center for French and Francophone StudiesDuke University11 avril 2025En présence d’Alice Diop English version to follow. Ces cinq dernières années, Alice Diop s’est imposée comme une figure majeure...
www.fabula.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM