Jamaican Creole (patwa or patois) has been widely dispersed and had an impact on people all over the world. In our first Abeng News video magazine, we speak with Dr Joseph Farquharson, coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The University of the West Indies (UWI),
Mark Lee has been a long-time journalist writing, editing and producing in print, radio television and new media.
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