JaRock Mash-Up

by Sandra A. Daley-Sharif

A collision of DanceHall, Dey-O Deeeyyy-O!, graffiti, f%cking Christopher Columbus and his gringo son Ferdinand, rape, the Tainos, the Africans, globalization, pillage (Sorry…, colonization!), breadfruit trees, Chiquita bananas, bodacious girls choppin’ de grass, a duppy that watches, and a family's search that takes them beyond Jamaica's Belvedere Mountains. JaRock Mash-UP has evocative language that embraces...

A collision of DanceHall, Dey-O Deeeyyy-O!, graffiti, f%cking Christopher Columbus and his gringo son Ferdinand, rape, the Tainos, the Africans, globalization, pillage (Sorry…, colonization!), breadfruit trees, Chiquita bananas, bodacious girls choppin’ de grass, a duppy that watches, and a family's search that takes them beyond Jamaica's Belvedere Mountains. JaRock Mash-UP has evocative language that embraces the complexities of race, culture, and globalization through the lens of the third world. It indeed reflects the diversity of immigrant stories, the society we live in, and unique in its cultural perspective.

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JaRock Mash-Up

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Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Hunter College, Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Hunter College, Year 2019