Roast Breadfruit Reasoning

Pearline is in good spirits cooking steamed fish and yam for her grandson Zach who pays her a visit. He introduces her to Drill (music) but she is wondering why he is carrying a power tool when she doesn't have any DIY jobs to be done!!!!

The central themes of all my podcasts are heritage, history, culture and family. My mother and grandmother are my foundation stones and without them I could not do what I do. From language, Jamaican cooking, amazing stories and jokes, they are my original Miss Pearline, women who traveled from their homeland to work for many decades raising us and making Britain a better place. They also inspired Roast Breadfruit Reasoning as a concept of food, heritage and community.

They both returned to Jamaica in the 90s where they still reside, we are thankful to be able to say. This podcast is from a radio show called FI

WE MUSIK I produced and presented did for 7 years while living in the Gambia, initially for West Coast Radio and then for Paradise FM. I took my dusty microphone etc to Jamaica during granny's 90th birthday celebrations and recorded these beautiful women sharing their stories and favourite songs. Oh and can they sing!!! I hope you enjoy listening to mine and my family's diamonds and pearls

Miss Pearline is a feisty Jamaican senior and widow living out her years in the UK. In this episode, she attends a funeral with her bestie Dorothy, when they encounter some unwelcome attention from an old, old friend. 

Miss Pearline is a tribute to Caribbean women and women from many nations who left their home countries to build the so-called first world. 

Miss P asserts her right to be older, bolder and delivers her stories with added pimento and at times hot pepper sauce! 

More sassy senior stories of this powerhouse Jamaican grandma to come