Writing Jamaican the Jamaican Way (Raitin Jamiekan Di Jamiekan Wie)

Thus is a music video By Up and coming artist Gem Sto:n (Nikeisha Dawkins). It was commissioned by the Jamaican Language Unit. The lyrics are originally done by Miss. Dawkins with some modifications by Professor Hubert Devonish. They song speaks about the Cassidy-JLU system for writing Jamaican Creole and touches on issues of national identity via language. It advocates for the use of Jamaican Creole alongside Standard Jamaican English in Schools etc and urges Jamaicans to be proud of their mother tongue by eradicating the negative stereotypes that they themselves have placed on the use of what is for most Jamaicans their first language. Order the Book here: http://arawakpublications.com/press/