Travel
Self-Improvement Literature
Spanish Language and Latin Culture.
Jamaican politics
Jamaican Reggae Music and Entertainment Culture
World Affairs
Journalism and Media Studies
Citizenship
Civil Society
Popular Protest
Social movements
Democracy
Television - oustide of modern medicine and the telephone, the greatest invention!
Music
- Original Rasta music - Reggae;
- Jamaican Dancehall -
- R&B
- Soul
- Urban/World
- Jazz
- Gospel
- Michael Jackson is a gift, the true entertainer and his life of music is a precious gift to humanity.
I like music with meaning, that which teaches, and which uflifts the spirit and warms the heart:
- Alecia Keys
- Pink
- Bic Runga (Awesome kiwi/Maori singer from New Zealand)
- Buju Banton
- Richie Spice
- Tony Rebel
Movies
- Griffin & Phoenix.
- The Dinner Game (French Film).
- The Pianist
I will watch anything with:
- Patrick Stewart (Star Trek fame)
- Sandra Bullock
- John Malcovich
- Russell Crowe
- Denzel Washington
- Jennifer Anistan
- Brittany Murphey -
- Marissa Tomey - And this one too!
- Jennifer Connolley.
Strong women on screen who I think perpetualy impress:
- Cate Blanchette
- Dame Judy Dench
- Meryl Streep
- and that actress in "Fatal Attraction".
I have been awed by these films:
- ......
- A Beautiful Mind
- The Pianist
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- The Best of the Best (Eric Roberts)
- Period Films (Troy, Lord of the Rings, Elizabeth, The Knight's Tale, The Gladiator etc.)
Television
BBC World News (haha)
Hardtalk,
CNN - yep, am boring like that, but am a political journalist and a news junky, go figure.
Ok Ok, Grey's Anatomy
Boston Legal
America's Next Top Model
Ghost Whisperer.
I love comedies: absolutely hilarious!
Friends,
Frasier,
Will & Grace
Scrubs
Books
- Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela ( a wretched tale that had me bawling like a baby - a must read!!).
- The Politics of Change - Michael Manley (Former Jamaican Prime Minister)
- Colonialism and the Jamaican Worker - Michael Manley
- 'The Measure of a Man' - Sydney Poiter
- 'A Grain of Wheat' - James Ngugi
(This is the moving story of the Mau Mau rebellion that resulted in Kenyan indpendence)'
- Poetry of the 30s - Author Unknown
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
Heroes
Nelson Rohlilalah Mandela
Elizabeth Jane Tucker (My mama)
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton
Michelle & Barack Obama
Hume's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking
Hometown:
Jamaica, West Indies
Body type:
5' 9" / Athletic
Ethnicity:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Someday
Education:
Post grad
Occupation:
University Lecturer
Hume's Schools
Waikato University
Hamilton, New Zealand
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Ph D.
Major: Political Science * Public Policy
Minor: Media Studies
About me: Hume Nicola Johnson is a Lecturer in Journalism and Communication at James Cook University, Queensland, AUSTRALIA. She holds a PhD in Political Science & Public Policy (Waikato University, Aotearoa/New Zealand). Her current research focuses on citizenship and governance, popular citizen participation, social movements and civil society, with a particular focus on Jamaica. Other significant interests include media studies, political communication, elections and political parties.
Hume has published on the politics of incivility among the marginalised in Jamaica (Political Studies, Vol. 53 (3), 2005). She is the co-author of ‘Jamaican Dons, Italian Mafias and the chances of a reversible destiny’ (Political Studies, Vol. 56 March 2008). She has also written on the resistance rituals among women vendors in the Jamaican informal economy (Forthcoming, On the Edges of Development: Cultural Interventions, New York: Routledge), as well as the intersections between popular citizen protest and the mass media in Jamaica (International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Vol. 4 (2), 163-182).
A broadcast journalist, Hume’s professional experience spans both television and radio broadcasting. She has also been actively engaged as a researcher /writer in the Jamaican public sector as a member of a Prime Ministerial Advisory Council, and as communications consultant with the Jamaican government, political parties, and the reggae music industry.
Hume Johnson Public Affairs and Strategic Communications Consultant
Who I'd like to meet: Nelson Mandela
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Bill & Hillary Clinton
Nelson Mandela
Oprah
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