The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion Glossary

by Kei Miller

The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion Glossary

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cartographer

a mapmaker

rastaman

a member of the Jamaican religion that emphasizes contentedness; they believe that Emperor Selassie was the Messiah, and that black people are the chosen people of Jah (much like the Jews are considered the chosen people of Yahweh)

Jah

(Jamaican patois) God

quashie

(Jamaican patois) a person of low class

ites

(Jamaican patois) a happy greeting, literally meaning "heights" and figuratively meaning "joy"

cyaa

(Jamaican patois) can't

gungo peas

dark red peas that grow in the tropics, used in certain foods

callaloo

a Caribbean food consisting mostly of a specific kind of leaf

bloodclawt

a harsh Jamaican expletive

pickney

(Jamaican patois) children

duh

(Jamaican patois) do

fi

(Jamaican patois) to

bruck

(Jamaican patois) break

backra

(Jamaican patois) slave master, white man

buss

(Jamaican patois) burst, as in a type of gunfire (scatter shot)

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