Jamaica Fi Real!: Beauty, Vibes and Culture

by Kevin O'Brien Chang

Beautiful; aggressive; exuberant, talkative; humorous; resourceful; unpredictable Jamaica brings many adjectives to mind, but boring is not one of them. No other country so young and so small has had such global cultural influence as the land of Marcus Garvey, Louis Bennett, Bob Marley and Usain Bolt. Jamaica Fi Real provides ponders the present in the context of the past, and highlights the threads of continuity. Here is today's Jamaica from a Jamaican point of view, giving an in-depth look at its people, history, music, sports, religion and culture. It's the good, bad, ugly and pretty - a vivid twenty-first century portrait of perhaps the world's most fascinating island.

256 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[Racquel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It gives you the run-down on Jamaica without sounding like a boring textbook. It's vibrant, it's informative, and very interesting. I would recommend this to anyone who is interested in learning about Jamaica and doesn't want to be bored to death by tedious facts. The illustration of the book is wonderful too.