Anancy, Jamaica's most precious and beloved 'hand me down' from Western Africa, takes a trip to a far away land. He arrives during a most turbulent time of great change. Through his cunning storytelling, the link between Jamaica and West Africa is evident.

A young woman leaves London to attend a funeral in Kingston, Jamaica. While on the island, she reflects upon the difficulties she and other Caribbean women encounter in the UK. As a result, Cubah embarks upon a spiritual, physical and mental journey. She 'finds' herself through a mysterious encounter with a freedom fighting Maroon. The young woman learns to appreciate the many connections that exist between modern day Jamaica and ancient Africa. She learns a new respect for her ancestors, who were the gate-keepers of all life-forms before Europeans invaded the continent. The Maroons taught Cubah that colonisation, motivated by greed, led to the decimation of people, cultures, natural resources, animals and the environment. They taught her that it was not the beginning of civilisation but the end. The moving tale introduces the reader to the importance of Sankofa and the coming of age of the protagonist. The riveting story is told through a gamut of 'real life' characters, all of whom, represent TIME PAST, TIME PRESENT AND TIME FUTURE.

In Jamaica and the United Kingdom a number of 'real life' characters masticate delicious recipes while events unfold. Fidel falls in love. Alona and her friends join Joncannuh dancers at a festival. Karl, is homesick, a dedicated husband and family man, he is tired of living in London. Mama Margaret mourns Driver. Troubles cooks a delicious compound meal for his colleagues. Hakim, a student at secondary school, is 'targetted' by teachers in a British school. Josephine, a Black British teen, of Jamaican extraction, is horrified to discover that the British Prime Minister, while on a visit to the island, snubbed the local press then advocated a new build - a prison for 'expected' high numbers of UK based returnees. (The Windrush Scandal comes to mind). These and other stories explore a variety of themes that highlight the life for Jamaicans at home and in Britain. The stories include Taino teachings of old. One of which describes local hummingbirds as 'undying', supernatural beings. Today the hummingbird is still a mystery there. Most locals still say they have never seen a 'dead' hummingbird. Like the God Bird, the people are resilient. Jamaica's Ackee & Saltfish A Collection of Short Stories & Recipes, celebrate the very SPECIAL people, their heritage and the beautiful island in the sun.

Cubah returns to Jamaica from London to mourn a loss. She goes back in time from 1988 to the signing of the first maroon treaty in 1738. She finds her true self through her ancestors. Sunset on the Horizon is a symbolic journey which mirrors the lives of a gamut of characters all of whom, represent TIME PAST, TIME PRESENT and TIME FUTURE - Sankofa.

Jamaica's Ackee & Saltfish is a collection of short stories which depict the lives of Jamaicans home and abroad. They explore some of the island's national symbols where satirical tales reveal themes of love, marriage, religion. Reggae music fuses a cocktail of authentic ambiance, amalgamated with a plethora of cultural references craftily embedded into the stories.

Oshea's Ackee & Saltfish is a collection of short stories which depict the lives of Jamaicans home and abroad. It explores some of Jamaica's National symbols whilst satirical tales reveal themes of love, marriage, murder mystery, the British educational system and its impact on the Jamaican community resident in the United Kingdom.