Drum Magazine Issue 5 | Page 39

DA505 main 26/7/05 7:03 pm Page 37 Drum: PHOTOGENIC 37 I formed Kamara basically because we have not enough icons. We have nothing that reflects our space or our spirit. We have nothing that enables us to realize that you can define your own vision. I couldn’t see what was being used to measure our being here. There is a politically correct approach to everything that people are now buying into because everyone just wants to get paid. But in that, there is also something about your spirit that needs to be validated, if not for yourself, then for your children’s sake. And I was brought up in a particular way that taught me you must stand for something otherwise you will die for anything. » Thinker, Des’ree, Jamaica