Jamaican Creole (patwa or patois) has been widely dispersed and had an impact on people all over the world. In our first Abeng News video magazine, we speak with Dr Joseph Farquharson, coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The University of the West Indies (UWI),
A look at how some Caribbean immigrants in the Toronto area cope in their new society. In the City of Promise by abengnews
In more bad news for Caribbean economies, world growth is forecast to fall to its lowest level since World War II, with financial markets remaining under stress and the global economy taking a sharp turn for the worse, sending both global output and trade plummeting, the IMF said in its Read more…
Barack Omaba has opened a new page in modern political history. He has been sworn in as the 44th president of the United States of America, the first non white person to lead the most powerful country of modern times. More than one million people gathered in the National Mall Read more…
The ironies never cease. There it was, Barack Obama’s We Are One: Opening Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday January 18, and Bob Marley’s “One Love” – the song coopted as Jamaica’s anthem to lure tourists to the island – is “Hot on the box” on the same stage Read more…
UNICEF is highlighting the urgent needs of civilians, especially children, in Gaza. There is no safe space in the Gaza Strip, no bomb shelters, and the borders are closed making this one of the rare conflicts where civilians have no place to flee. Over 800,000 children have been exposed to Read more…
Many of us approach a new year believing that changing the calendar will bring new promise and a clean slate on which we can write our personal history. After 2008, the planet’s annus horribilis, many are hopeful that somehow after midnight on the last day of the year, a fresh wind Read more…
Cities across Greece have been burning in widespread rioting for the past four days with no end in sight. It all began in Athens where a fifteen year old boy is shot dead by the police in what is seen as murder, and the city is set ablaze, the fires Read more…
Community organizing is about to go national. The once-derided claim of Barack Obama’s experience used by his detractors to question his competency for the presidency during the recent campaign, is to be the focus to strengthen and give more direction to the movement. In an unprecedented move to harness the goodwill and the fervour of Read more…
It’s the taboo subject you’re not supposed to talk about – Barack Obama’s safety in light of the rise of white supremacists in America. ANP investigates in Memphis, Tennessee, where our cameras infiltrate the Stormfront.org Euro Conference. We probe the minds of the Anti-Defamation League, the Racist Skinhead Project and Read more…
When it comes to the role of decreasing dependency on oil, a recent survey indicates the majority of Americans overestimate the role renewable energy sources will have in meeting future demand. However, the survey also found most Americans do understand their nation will require more energy in years to come. Read more…