UWI senior lecturer calls for Jamaican Patwa to be enshrined in new constitution
Blake, associate dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, Mona, is calling on the Constitution Reform ...
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Will Patois become Jamaica's official language?
As Jamaica continues to loosen its ties with the British monarchy, momentum is building to make Patois the country's official language alongside English. The proposal was recently floated by the ...
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Jamaican poet Velma Pollard, whose melodious writing paid homage to the Patwa language, passes on
"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...
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Shatta Wale details reason behind his failure to speak patois on Jamaica trip: "I was being myself"
Despite the event's success, Shatta Wale received backlash from numerous fans because he struggled to speak patois during his conversations with prominent Jamaican artists, including Popcaan.