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André Wright

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André Wright is a former news and opinion editor at the Jamaica Gleaner

August 2023

  • Tiernny Wiltshire of Jamaica celebrates with her team-mates after the Reggae Girlz secured a 0-0 draw with Brazil to reach the last 16.

    ‘Even more proud to be Jamaican’: Reggae Girlz defy the odds to reach World Cup knockout

    The team held off Brazil to become one of the last 16, having overcome indifference and underfunding on the way

June 2023

  • Demonstrators, pictured in 2018, marching from Parliament Square to the Home Office in central London in solidarity with the Windrush generation.

    Windrush legacy: the lasting impact of Caribbean migration on Britain and beyond

    While many who came to the UK suffered injustice, migration also altered the sociology of the islands they left behind

May 2023

  • An oil refinery at Willemstad in Curaçao

    double quotation mark$209bn a year is what fossil fuel firms owe in climate reparations. We want that paid

    André Wright
  • Prince Charles visiting Kingston, Jamaica, in 2008.

    The view from Jamaica: ‘I can’t stand the thought that the head of state is King Charles’

March 2023

  • A woman watches as alleged gang members step out of a police truck after arriving at court, in Kingston, Jamaica, in January 2022.

    ‘A win for Jamaica’: 15 people convicted in landmark gang-busting trial

    Marathon trial, which lasted a year and a half, sees people convicted on charges ranging from gang membership to murder

February 2023

  • St George's, Grenada

    British slave owners’ family makes public apology in Grenada

    Laura Trevelyan, a BBC correspondent who investigated her family’s link to the slave trade, also pays £100,000 in reparations

October 2015

  • Marlon James

    double quotation markWhy Marlon James had to get out of Jamaica to win the Booker prize

    André Wright
  • David Cameron with Jamaica’s prime minister, Portia Simpson-Miller

    double quotation markWe Jamaicans can’t blame our entire malaise on the evil white bogeyman

    André Wright

June 2014

  • Breezy marijuana farmer

    double quotation markJamaica anticipates a marijuana rush as decriminalisation looms – but is it too late?

    André Wright
    André Wright: The prospect of growing ganja for medical purposes has triggered a wave of heady economic optimism, but it faces stiff competition

August 2012

  • 2012 Olympic Games - Opening Ceremony

    double quotation markUsain Bolt is not enough – Jamaica must go the long distance

    André Wright
    André Wright: Jamaica, after 50 years of independence, must go for gold outside the Olympic stadium, as well as inside it

January 2012

  • Jamaican prime minister Portia Simpson Miller.

    double quotation markIt's time for Jamaica to say goodbye to the Queen

    André Wright
    André Wright: We love the accent and the BBC, but we are dropping the royal brand and want independence
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