Family Dem, Y’know
Charlie shares the latest product from our-man-in-JA, Kevin Wallen, who has in recent months — with the generous support of USAID — shifted his media-rich, tech-savvy, and yet rather holistic approach to education (i.e., Students Expressing Truth) from Jamaica’s prisons to its schools — and in particular to students on the verge of expulsion. Kevin & co. (including a former student of mine at Brandeis, there now as a summer intern) have been working at Ascot High School in Portmore.
The students collaboratively produced a song and video about the program itself, and I’ve got to say it’s got a lot of flair: the vocalists are great, especially the nonchalant student who intros the track; the uniform-clad dancing is pretty suave; and you gotta love the kids holding up their OLPC swag (see 1:50) — not to mention rhyming “uno” with “unoo“! GWAAN –
No doubt dem “a go turn Ascot inna a brand new place”! I suspect they already have.
musicologist, internet annotator, and rapper-ternt-blogger.
3 Comments Add your own
1. rajah | July 24th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
i really like this song and the video. fun and inspiring. The beat is nice. The vocals are all great. It is real and fresh and playful. is this reality tv?!
2. Dancehall.Mobi » Po&hellip | July 25th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
[...] below which were collaboratively produced by students of Ascot High School in Portmore. Thanks to Wayne&Wax for putting us on to this one. // var addthis_pub = ‘dancehallmobi’; var [...]
3. wayneandwax.com » B&hellip | July 27th, 2009 at 10:41 am
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