Cultural Voice

C ountry of Origin:​ Jamaica U ltra excited about this art form: Music L oves to travel to :  Trinidad & Tobago U nderground artist to watch: Racquel Jones (poet)   T rend you love:​​ #selfie R isk averse, Risk Tolerant or Risk Taker:  Risk Tolerant A rtistic Side:​ All sides of me are artistic L ife Motto:  “All will be well” ​    V ery good at: Communication   O utspoken about: Everything I’m passionate about        I nspired by:​  My grandparents  C ultural Icon:  Louise  Bennett  E veryone should try this once:  Para-sailing

The world is on edge of the devastation that Ebola has unleashed on affected countries in West Africa. Accouring to the World Health Organization t here have been 9,936 Ebola cases so far this year and 4,877 people have been killed by Ebola.  In an increasingly insular world where cultural crossroads are a necessity for normalcy, there is increased xenophobia and anxiety induced by the thought of a global outbreak. No sentence is complete without the word Ebola.  My friend Jani is a citizen of Liberia, one of the countries most affected by the outbreak cannot escape the ‘threats,’ real and imagined. In her brief musing about the effect it has on her psyche, she has coined a term for her condition and the condition of those around her as the ‘Siren effect’. The change in cultural norms should not be frowned on. But my fear is that after Ebola, they may never return.  Siren Effect - Jani Jallah  It’s 10: 29p.m. on a Monday night. I am lying here and have a