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PING, VALENTINE, and RAPHAEL CHONG JAH-LOVE

 The Chong Jah-Love family are cool friends that are often over at Weetzie's cottage. Ping Chong, a Chinese American, fell in love with Valentine Jah-Love, a Jamaican. Their son, Raphael, is Cherokee's best friend.


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THE CHONG JAH-LOVE FAMILY'S PICKS
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Wheel and Come Again: An Anthology of Reggae Poetry
edited by Kwame Dawes and Kwame Senu Dawes


Goose Lane Editions · 1999 · 184 pages
This collection is for reggae fans and poetry lovers alike. This excellent collection contains poems about several different topics: history, culture, politics, art, religion, and love.


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Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
by Maxine Hong Kingston


Random House · 1989 · 209 pages

Maxine Hong Kingston, a Chinese American, tells the story of her childhood in California and how she was influenced by Chinese culture, such as legends and family history.


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Legend: The Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers


Island · 2002 · 16 tracks · CD · Remastered
This is the full Legend compilation album, which includes hits such as "Get Up Stand Up," "Buffalo Soldier," "Redemption Song," and "I Shot the Sheriff." There are two bonus tracks on this remastered cd: "Easy Skanking" and "Punky Reggae Party."


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Half and Half: Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural
edited by Claudine C. O'Hearn


Pantheon · 1998 · 288 pages

Have you ever been asked "What are you?" or "Where are you from?" This collection contains seventeen essays by writers about their experiences as children of racially and culturally mixed families in America.


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Harder They Come
directed by Perry Henzell


Xenon Studios · 2003 · 103 minutes · VHS · color
Reggae artist Jimmy Cliff stars in this cult film set in Jamaica in 1973. His character leaves the ghetto for urban Kingston with aspirations to be a reggae singer. Along the way he has run-ins with the police and crooks in the record industry. The film's soundtrack is cricially acclaimed by reggae fans everywhere.


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