“Writing Jamaican the Jamaican Way/ Ou Fi Rait Jamiekan” is the title of the first major commercial publication set to be released by the Jamaican Language Unit (JLU) UWI, Mona on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 6 pm at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, Mona.

The launch features a combination of digital and live performances, including budding dancehall artiste Nickesha Dawkins a.k.a. Gem Sto:n.  She will perform the specially written dancehall song titled, ‘Writing Jamaican the Jamaican Way’. It will be hosted by an animated personality, Emcee Jamtik.

The book address the fundaments of the Jamaican Language also called Patwa such as the alphabet, vowels, nasalised vowels and consonants, grammar and use of the language in various settings.  It is designed to teach users how to write the Jamaican Language using the Cassidy standard writing system.  

The book was produced with the help of funding from Carreras Limited as part of a grant made to the Jamaican Language Unit for a series of projects involving the promotion of the Jamaican language.

The public is invited to attend. For more information on the JLU and to see teasers for the book launch please visit the following links:
http://www.mona.uwi.edu/dllp/jlu/index.htm
http://tv.mona.uwi.edu/#id=433
http://tv.mona.uwi.edu/#id=434