New book · Colin Beharie

Good LuckWith That!

A Guide to Understanding Jamaicans

Jamaica will confuse you before breakfast and change you by sunset. This book explains why. It decodes the island through three Cs: Contradiction, Confidence, and Community. It is written for anyone who loves Jamaica, lives with Jamaicans, or has ever been told “soon come” and wondered what it meant.

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What’s inside

Paperback · Kindle · 358 pages · 6 × 9 in · with photographs

The Three Cs Method™

Three words that unlock a whole island

What looks like chaos from the outside runs on a code. Once you see it, Jamaica starts to make sense.

Contradiction

Why Jamaica’s contradictions are survival logic, not hypocrisy. Church on Sunday, dancehall on Saturday, and both are sincere.

Confidence

How a nation of about three million people shaped global music, athletics, and language, and the self-belief that made it possible.

Community

The yard, the church, the market, and the diaspora. The unwritten rules that hold people together at home and abroad.

Inside the book

From the logic of Patwa to the theology of dancehall

The unspoken rules of greetings, food, religion, money, and social status
What Patwa really says, and why it says it that way
What the diaspora carries, transforms, and reinvents around the world
How to move from tourist to visitor, and why the difference matters
Dozens of Jamaican voices: selectors, pastors, vendors, matriarchs, youth creatives, and diaspora leaders

Who it’s for

Your decoder ring for the most culturally influential small island on earth.

Travelers heading to Kingston, Montego Bay, or beyond
Anyone marrying into a Jamaican family
Managers and colleagues working with Jamaicans
Jamaicans abroad who want to explain home to their children and friends
Readers who simply love the culture and want to understand it

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A gift that keeps on giving

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About the author

Colin Beharie

Colin Beharie is a Jamaican-born author, minister, and public speaker. He left Jamaica for Fort Lauderdale and then for Norway, where he has lived since 1987. Decades of explaining Jamaica to the world, and the world to Jamaicans, led to this book.

He writes about Caribbean culture, identity, and faith here at cbeharie.com. His work spans cultural nonfiction, literary fiction, faith, and leadership, published through Wise Buy Royalty.

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