Day 8

Bro. Omarie and Sis. Rushema playing Kumina rhythms with traditional instruments

Today, I believe that we began to expand on our second or third to last step in creating our documentary on Dancehall information.  We spent half of the day in Yallahs High School looking over and naming the files that we recorded.  After completing the beginning section of our work we went to visit another school named Sankofa.  Their school goes up to grade 6, it seemed very interesting. 

Sis. Janee & Bro. David demonstrating a clapping game that teaches numbers.
In Jamaica, they have a clapping game that teaches the alphabet.

The scholars that we recorded were very intelligent, for example (sad to say), they knew some quotes by memory that some of us high school students don’t.  I am going to take that information I learned and make it one of the top goals that I must memorize some quotes too.  Once I have accomplished it, I will also take that knowledge and spread it around the community and world.

We were also recorded by one of the Jamaican news channels because they were very interested in what we are doing for youth. 

-Messiah Hopson