Out Of Many, One Voice: An Interview with Paulette Ramsay

• Published in: Journal of West Indian literature 2014-11, Vol.22 (2), p.42-58
• Main Authors: Ramsay, Paulette, Walker, Carrie J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: American literature; Children; College campuses; Cultural heritage; Grandmothers; Human rights; Letter writing; Libraries; Literature; McKay, Claude (1890-1948); Men; Mothers; Poetry; Reading; Schools; Students; Teachers; Writers; Writing
• ISSN: 0258-8501

[...]while I make the assertion that not enough Jamaican teachers in high schools are willing to include new books on their reading lists, I really want to thank those who do use my books especially Aunt Jen.1 Since Aunt Jen is one of the books on the general reading list for CSEC (CXC), there are several schools across Jamaica that use it.2 There is also a kind of misguided idea of what Jamaican culture is. Since it has been built, there is a new subculture that has come up in Liguanea, and it really upsets me. [...]physical aspect of things, I think I have a maroon heritage somewhere. Notes 1 Dr. Ramsay also thanks "a number of persons in Universities in North America, Italy and Germany who have embraced the book and teach it as part of their Caribbean Literature Courses, as well as some who are currently including it as part of their scholarly research project." The CXC is the Caribbean Examinations Council, the governing body that administers testing and award certificates to qualifying students. 3 The Gibraltar Camp was an evacuation camp set up by the British for approximately 1,500 Gibraltarian civilians during World War II.