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    • PUBLIC OPINION _Vol.1 _No.21_July 10,1937

    • PUBLIC OPINION _Vol.1 _No.21_July 10,1937
    • Public opinion-Jamaica-20th century; Jamaica-Government and politics-Periodicals; Jamaica-Economic conditions; Jamaica-Social conditions; Sports-Caribbean Area; Motion pictures-Social aspects-Jamaica
    • A weekly Jamaican newspaper in the 1930s which provides news and views about politics; lifestyle; arts and entertainment; and more
    • Newspapers - Public Opinion
    • PUBLIC OPINION _Vol.1 _No.27_August 21,1937

    • PUBLIC OPINION _Vol.1 _No.27_August 21,1937
    • Public opinion-Jamaica-20th century; Jamaica-Government and politics-Periodicals; Jamaica-Economic conditions; Jamaica-Social conditions; Labour dispute-Jamaica; Motion pictures-Social aspects-Jamaica;Creole dialects, French-Haiti.
    • A weekly Jamaican newspaper in the 1930s which provides news and views about politics; sports; lifestyle; entertainment; culture; and more
    • Newspapers - Public Opinion
    • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands

    • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands
    • Caribbean Area-Civilization-African influences; Caribbean Area-Politics and government; Caribbean Area-Economic conditions; Education-Caribbean Area; Black-power-Caribbean Area; South Africa-Relations-Caribbean Area
    • This paper examines Africa from the perspective of the Caribbean. It also gives a quick rundown of Caribbean education, economics, politics, and culture. The study continues with a look at South Africa's relations with the Caribbean.
    • Rupert Lewis Collection
    • The gold brick

    • The gold brick
    • Love stories
    • Isabel lost her heart to Peter who is always making promises he never keeps-the worst possibly was asking her to plan their wedding in his absence and then not turning up. Despite his frequent lapses and her family and friend’s disapproval, Isabel...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Toward harvest

    • Toward harvest
    • Mothers ; Family relationships
    • The mother of six children ponders the joys and the challenges of motherhood amidst the domestic routines of life. Her later exclusion her daughter’s world brings pain but eventually the bond between mother and daughter is restored. These events...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The Moon or a penny

    • The Moon or a penny
    • Love stories ; Man-woman relationships
    • Dick is repeatedly frustrated with his fiancé’s prudish attitude towards sex even after they are engaged. She never seems to understand the all-consuming passion that drives him to desire a total union of body, soul and spirit. Her seeming...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Anything can Happen

    • Anything can Happen
    • Love stories ; City and town life
    • The bar serves as a meeting place for various people: a discontented wife who does not want to stay home with her child; a disgruntled lover, kept from his beloved by her brother; three dangerous looking men who later feature in a rape; and a...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Another day

    • Another day
    • City and town life ; Death ; Nationalism
    • The author describes a series of events that makes up a typical day in the city such as a bus catching fire; a group of high-brows debating whether there is any real West Indian culture; ordinary workmen recently paid going off in the hills to...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Christmas Eve

    • Christmas Eve
    • Christmas stories; City and town life; Rural life; Interpersonal relations; loss
    • Christmas Eve is usually a time of food, laughter and good cheer, but for some like Connie, there is little cause to celebrate. In the country, she listens to her family’s chatter as they express their wishes for a better new year. Mass Jim talks...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Night shudders over all

    • Night shudders over all
    • Man-woman relationship; Marriage; Infidelity
    • Night time seems to bring to fore all sorts of events and behavior as people reach out for life or try to make sense of it. The author presents some examples, including: the wife who suspects her artist husband of philandering with his latest...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Hot water

    • Hot water
    • City and urban life; Interpersonal relations
    • A variety of scenes from city life: a vagrant arrested for loitering sentenced in court the next day; three mischievous boys playing on the beach; a man courting a somewhat reluctant nursemaid; an attempted blackmail that goes awry; a pregnant...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Start of something again

    • Start of something again
    • Man-woman relationship; Interpersonal relations; Hurricanes
    • Duckett and Silver meet regularly at their favourite restaurant to talk about art and politics as the city grows restless in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. During this time, Silver is flirting dangerously with a married woman right...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Storm Warning

    • Storm Warning
    • Hurricanes
    • A hurricane is approaching and already the heavy rains are causing physical destruction and severe hardship for the people. For example, Silver has a terrible toothache and because of the storm he is unable to get to the dentist; Pinkie, desperate...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Thunderhead

    • Thunderhead
    • City and town life
    • The author provides short insights into the lives of different people in the city at a time of social turbulence: Joie and Sam looks forward to Christmas together but tragedy intervenes; a seventeen year old boy furtively tries to seduce a girl...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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