Comments on: August Mawnin Come: Happy Emancipation Day Jamaica http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/356/august-mawnin-come-happy-emancipation-day-jamaica/ Candid Reflections of A Female Missioner Pastor In Panama Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:21:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marvia http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/356/august-mawnin-come-happy-emancipation-day-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Marvia Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:59:20 +0000 http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/?p=356#comment-2035 Dr. R! Thank you! And Happy 1st of August to you too. Interesting! So your Aunty give yuh a copy of Black too. Yes, my own was maroon hardcover. And proved too easy to read as my mother discovered. But it kept me totally fascinated with my roots. And I found it highly amusing later on in High School when I discovered that Mr. Black was White. A day such as this uproots memory...would that the collective memory of Jamaicans be stirred enough to restore our strong will to bring about positive changes in our nation. Peace Dr. R!
Thank you! And Happy 1st of August to you too.

Interesting! So your Aunty give yuh a copy of Black too. Yes, my own was maroon hardcover. And proved too easy to read as my mother discovered. But it kept me totally fascinated with my roots.

And I found it highly amusing later on in High School when I discovered that Mr. Black was White.

A day such as this uproots memory…would that the collective memory of Jamaicans be stirred enough to restore our strong will to bring about positive changes in our nation.

Peace

]]> By: Anthony Reddie http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/356/august-mawnin-come-happy-emancipation-day-jamaica/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Anthony Reddie Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:21:04 +0000 http://www.marviaspanamajournal.com/?p=356#comment-2034 Found the blog mucho interestingo! Your mother (mumma) reminds me a lot of my own. Full of stories - either apochyphal or literally true (and there is no differentiation between two. I think I learnt the function of 'myth' in narrative discourse long before I was taught it at University). But what I wanted to say was that I too was given Clinton V Black's book to read, but by my favourite Auntie - My Auntie 'Dotty' my Mum's only surviving (older) sister. She was the real cultural nationalist in our family when my Mum had her hands full looking after my younger brothers who were born 13 months apart (3 and 4 years younger than me), she would 'take me off my mothers hands' and we would go for walks and things and she would tell me all about Jamaica and my great, great, great Grandfather who was Primal healer from Ghana. I was always amused that Clinton V. Black was a White man! My copy was a maroon hardback! What was yours like? Thanks for the memory! AGR Found the blog mucho interestingo! Your mother (mumma) reminds me a lot of my own. Full of stories – either apochyphal or literally true (and there is no differentiation between two. I think I learnt the function of ‘myth’ in narrative discourse long before I was taught it at University).
But what I wanted to say was that I too was given Clinton V Black’s book to read, but by my favourite Auntie – My Auntie ‘Dotty’ my Mum’s only surviving (older) sister. She was the real cultural nationalist in our family when my Mum had her hands full looking after my younger brothers who were born 13 months apart (3 and 4 years younger than me), she would ‘take me off my mothers hands’ and we would go for walks and things and she would tell me all about Jamaica and my great, great, great Grandfather who was Primal healer from Ghana.
I was always amused that Clinton V. Black was a White man! My copy was a maroon hardback! What was yours like?
Thanks for the memory!
AGR

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