New approaches to cannabis culture
10 March 2024
Jahlani A. Niaah
Rose-Marie Belle Antoine
Marcus Goffe
Carole D. Yawney
Christopher A.D. Charles
Jake Homiak
Junior “Spirit” Cottle
André Gordon
Sonjah Stanley Niaah
Annette Henry
Douglas K. Gordon
Khimaja Connell
Peta-Anne Baker
This issue of Caribbean Quarterly interrogates the Caribbean cannabis landscape from a range of perspectives, addressing issues such as the socio-cultural significance of the plant and its uses, regulatory challenges and opportunities, reparatory measures for Rastafarian communities and enduring limitations in research.
Index of contents
- From Hand Measures to Gram Weights, Ganja Becomes More Precise
Jahlani A. Niaah - Distorted Directions in Cannabis in the Commonwealth Caribbean - Did We Exhale?
Rose-Marie Belle Antoine - Rastafari Ganja Reparations - A Caribbean Decolonial Imperative
Marcus Goffe - Don’t Vex then Pray - The Methodology of Initiation Fifteen Years Later
Carole D. Yawney - Creating Cannabis Identity through Cannabis Use
Christopher A.D. Charles - ‘Under the Tamarind Tree’ - Groundings with My Brethren
Jake Homiak - Bold and Open ResistanceThe Contribution of Traditional Farmers to Cannabis Reform in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Junior “Spirit” Cottle - Lessons in Developing a Formal Cannabis Sector and Culture in the Caribbean
André Gordon - Ganja Talk - The Art of Cannabis Advocacy in Reggae Music
Jahlani A. Niaah - Ganjapreneurship, Hypocrisy and the Jamaican Nation State - A Comment
Sonjah Stanley Niaah - The Urgency of Now - Towards Purpose-driven and Responsive Laws to Regulate Jamaica's Cannabis Industry
Annette Henry - Budding Success or Failure? The Cannabis Industry and the Caribbean
Douglas K. Gordon - Photo Essay: Stepping High Festival - A Cultural Beacon Pioneering Jamaica's Cannabis Events' Space
Khimaja Connell - Personal Essay: Finding the Healing Stream - An Autoethnography
Peta-Anne Baker - And a number of poems and book reviews are available here.