An effort to bring Jamaican patois into one of the island’s most formal political spaces has ignited debate across Jamaica and the Caribbean diaspora. According to the Jamaica Observer, Opposition ...
Recent discussions about the exchange between St James Southern Member of Parliament Nekeisha Burchell and Speaker Juliet Holness has sparked a national debate on using Jamaican Patois in Parliament.
Parliamentary rule that only English is allowed has reignited debate about language, legitimacy and postcolonial identity When the Jamaican MP Nekeisha Burchell stood up to give her maiden speech, she ...
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