Jamaican Patwa No Problem

In Jamaican Patwa No Problem: A Tourist’s Guide to Jamaican Language and Culture, the lilting language of Jamaica’s roots and its unique culture are presented in a lively package complete with Jamaican sayings and stories, photos, and a selection of musical instrumentals that represent roots reggae, dancehall, and steel pan rhythms.

With Jamaican Patwa No Problem: A Tourist’s Guide to Jamaican Language and Culture you can listen and learn the lilting language of Jamaica’s roots and its unique culture from the very tongue of Jamaican people, experience the culture of the island through passed down stories and legends, and access Jamaica’s exotic richness with detailed descriptions and full-color photos of its unusual dishes and native fruits and vegetables. Lively up yourself and get a true view of Jamaica with this e-book that not only offers a broad understanding of this much sought after tropical vacation destination, but a selection of musical instrumentals that represent Jamaica’s well-known roots reggae, dancehall, and steel pan rhythms.

Janice “Tisha” Samuels is a writer and educator who has combined her love and knowledge of both Jamaica and the United States into a travel guide and audio CD designed for English speaking people who would like to become familiar with Jamaica and its language. Janice Tisha’s collaborative work with her students at Saint Augustine’s College on the research project The Struggle Between Culture and Literacy for African Americans in Academia established a passion for further linguistic and cultural research pertaining to people of color and sparked the inspiration for her non-fiction project, Jamaican Patwa No Problem . She is currently finishing up work on her stage play Fly, Yellow Bird and beginning the writing process for a feature film set in Jamaica and a follow-up to her first collection of poetry, Soul Fire.