Dear Editor,
In the last two months, I have been to no less than 4 major fetes, I won’t call name because the intention is not to slam the events themselves. CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP.
However, at a few of these events I was left wondering where have all the soca gone?
I can tell you for sure that Jamaican dancehall is now the predominant genre of music being played at soca fetes.
I was reminded of my days studying in Jamaica, where they would advertise soca fetes and play 5 soca songs and then dancehall for the rest of the night.
Well, this is what Antigua has come to. I for one know where I stand. I am a soca lover and as a long time feter I can confirm that there has been a tectonic shift away from soca at events in Antigua.
Yes, the Jamaicans have taken over our judicial system, our prison population, our TV station, our jobs and now our CULTURE!
Call me xenophobic but what is it to be Antiguan these days?
If you’ve ever been at one of those events, the way the hype man get on. The gun tunes and homophobic tunes have sidelined our ladies who come for a likkle wine.
Antigua is now little Jamaica and there is nothing we can do about it.
I will stay at my home in my little shell and savor the little that is left of Antigua as we know it.
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Signed
Browne with an E
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