Cagney with his younger brother, mother and maternal great-grandparents (Credit: Idris Veitch and Wilfred Limonious Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the ...

Around the world, people of Jamaican heritage are starting to reconnect with the island's powerful language – and its complex history. "Check di English bwoy dem try fi speak Patwa" – "Check these ...

Even as a child, I had some understanding of the complex history that shaped attitudes towards Patwa, which is spoken by an estimated 2.5 million people as a first language and millions more from the ...

"Check di English bwoy dem try fi speak Patwa" – "Check these English boys trying to speak Patwa". This was often the response, amidst riotous laughter, from elders whenever my brother and I would ...