Young people must hold their leaders accountable, reject violence and utilise social media to insist on meaningful change, writes Meeckel Beecher, a 23-year-old from Jamaica. As a high school student in Jamaica I had the privilege of reading the novel, ‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born’. Written by Ayi Kwei Armah, a Ghanaian writer, the …
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Young people must hold their leaders accountable, reject violence and utilise social media to insist on meaningful change, writes Meeckel Beecher, a 23-year-old from Jamaica. As a high school student in Jamaica I had the privilege of reading the novel, ‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born’. Written by Ayi Kwei Armah, a Ghanaian writer, the …
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Poet, activist and development expert Simone Leid launched a new project last month to encourage women around the Caribbean to speak out about their experiences of discrimination. Leigh-Ann Worrell, a 23-year-old from St Thomas in Barbados, reports. “I am woman, hear me roar/in numbers too big to ignore,” sang a strong, invincible Helen Reddy four …
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Poet, activist and development expert Simone Leid launched a new project last month to encourage women around the Caribbean to speak out about their experiences of discrimination. Leigh-Ann Worrell, a 23-year-old from St Thomas in Barbados, reports. “I am woman, hear me roar/in numbers too big to ignore,” sang a strong, invincible Helen Reddy four …
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Bahamians often seem ashamed of their national culture, but they do not need to look abroad for inspiration, writes 26-year-old Jennawade Pratt from Nassau New Providence. There is a proverbial saying that has echoed over the length and breadth of our islands: ‘When America sneezes, The Bahamas catches a cold.’ And it’s no wonder our grandparents …
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Bahamians often seem ashamed of their national culture, but they do not need to look abroad for inspiration, writes 26-year-old Jennawade Pratt from Nassau New Providence. There is a proverbial saying that has echoed over the length and breadth of our islands: ‘When America sneezes, The Bahamas catches a cold.’ And it’s no wonder our grandparents …
Frowns are meant for bad days, so don’t start declaring pessimism with your facial expression. Let people catch happiness from you and try to live creatively everyday, writes 23-year-old Ayodeji Morakinyo from Nigeria. Do you sometimes get bored and find yourself idle? Looking at the clock and wishing it could tick faster? Well, if it happens …
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Communication disorders are indiscriminate. They can affect everyone from a king to your next-door neighbour, writes 28-year-old Sarah Kilcoyne, a pediatric speech pathologist from Brisbane, Australia. The Oscar award-winning film, ‘The King’s Speech’, recently highlighted the plight of those in our society who struggle daily with a stutter and other communication difficulties. The film outlines the story of …
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Communication disorders are indiscriminate. They can affect everyone from a king to your next-door neighbour, writes 28-year-old Sarah Kilcoyne, a pediatric speech pathologist from Brisbane, Australia. The Oscar award-winning film, ‘The King’s Speech’, recently highlighted the plight of those in our society who struggle daily with a stutter and other communication difficulties. The film outlines the story of …
Young people deserve positive role models, yet too many modern-day celebrities offer bad examples, writes 18-year-old Amanda McClintock from Queensland, Australia. For as long as there have been humans on this Earth there have been the people who we look up to as our heroes and celebrities. In Greek mythology Hercules was the celebrity of …
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