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    • World's end

    • World's end
    • Death ; Loss ; Fathers and sons
    • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • World's End

    • World's End
    • Death; Loss; Fathers and sons
    • The old man’s world seems to have come to an end with the death of his donkey, his only means of making a living. As he and his son inform the regular customers on his donkey cart route, a few show sympathy but most appear indifferent. Only when he...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Till the end of time

    • Till the end of time
    • Man-woman relationships
    • Clive told her he wanted the beautiful black girl to be his model, but his wife doubted his intentions were that honourable. Accusing his wife of jealousy, Clive attempts to engage the services of the said beauty at the nightclub and this leads to...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The white wing

    • The white wing
    • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
    • While the wife basks in the satisfaction of the orderly life she has created in Jamaica after migrating from England, her husband feels trapped like a bird in a cage because circumstances force him to be too dependent on his wife who seems intent...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The sorry ostrich

    • The sorry ostrich
    • Death ; Grief
    • Swallowed up with grief at the loss of his wife, Sam refuses to be consoled or to return to work, until Penny comes calling. He sees through the artificiality of her grief and how dissimilarity to his dear wife. This sudden knowledge helps him to...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands

    • The Situation in the Caribbean Islands
    • Caribbean Area-Civilization-African influences; Caribbean Area-Politics and government; Caribbean Area-Economic conditions; Education-Caribbean Area; Black-power-Caribbean Area; South Africa-Relations-Caribbean Area
    • This paper examines Africa from the perspective of the Caribbean. It also gives a quick rundown of Caribbean education, economics, politics, and culture. The study continues with a look at South Africa's relations with the Caribbean.
    • Rupert Lewis Collection
    • The miracle

    • The miracle
    • Family relationships ; Man-woman relationships
    • Henry finally came around to accepting the hard labour in the field as his lot, although he had tried very hard to escape the rut. However, he felt guilty of having his wife, a former teacher who could have married better, sharing it with him all...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • The China Pig

    • The China Pig
    • Marriage ; Adultery
    • Henry, though married, finds himself developing a growing passion for Crystal, his friend Paul’s wife. She obviously shares his feelings and he tries very hard to resist but his attempts prove futile until Paul brings matters to a head by talking...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Remote control

    • Remote control
    • Man-woman relationships
    • Peter, the poet, is torn between two women - Sylvia, his wife representing the subjective part of mind, and Claire, his mistress and the objective part. As he sets off in the night to visit Claire, the journey affords him time to contemplate and...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Start of something again

    • Start of something again
    • Man-woman relationship; Interpersonal relations; Hurricanes
    • Duckett and Silver meet regularly at their favourite restaurant to talk about art and politics as the city grows restless in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. During this time, Silver is flirting dangerously with a married woman right...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Ed is coming home

    • Ed is coming home
    • Marriage; Man-woman relationship
    • Joie keeps her husband fully informed about their neighbour who has a husband in New York and is left in Jamaica to cope with two small children. Joie feels sorry for her, but Sam less so as he notices the regular visits to their neighbour of a man...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Thunderhead

    • Thunderhead
    • City and town life
    • The author provides short insights into the lives of different people in the city at a time of social turbulence: Joie and Sam looks forward to Christmas together but tragedy intervenes; a seventeen year old boy furtively tries to seduce a girl...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Hot water

    • Hot water
    • City and urban life; Interpersonal relations
    • A variety of scenes from city life: a vagrant arrested for loitering sentenced in court the next day; three mischievous boys playing on the beach; a man courting a somewhat reluctant nursemaid; an attempted blackmail that goes awry; a pregnant...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Night shudders over all

    • Night shudders over all
    • Man-woman relationship; Marriage; Infidelity
    • Night time seems to bring to fore all sorts of events and behavior as people reach out for life or try to make sense of it. The author presents some examples, including: the wife who suspects her artist husband of philandering with his latest...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles
    • Marcus Garvey and the Early Rastafarians: Continuity and Discontinuity

    • Marcus Garvey and the Early Rastafarians: Continuity and Discontinuity
    • Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940-Influence;Rastafari movement; Black nationalism-History-20th century; Blacks-Politics and government-20th century.
    • This paper examines the political aspects of the origins of the Rastafarian movement at a time when the Garvey movement was in decline in the 1930s. Its main intentions are to .underscore ways in which Garveyism has affected the evolution of...
    • Rupert Lewis Collection
    • Man waiting for a train

    • Man waiting for a train
    • Marriage ; Man-woman relationships
    • Richard waited impatiently for the arrival of the Montego Bay train which would bring his wife back again. He could not help wondering if their relationship, after years of marriage, had changed in any way during this period of separation from each...
    • Roger Mais Collection - Short Stories & Articles

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