Michael Manley Essay Competitions 2003-2007

The Michael Manley Essay Competitions got under way in 2003 and have been held annually since that year. They are held in two categories – for secondary-level students in Jamaica and tertiary undergraduate students throughout the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Three prizes are offered in each category, but the judges from time to time have reduced the number of prizes where warranted by the standard of entries. The following have been the prizewinners over the years.

 

Secondary

Year

Subject

1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize
2003   No award No award No award

2004 “How can we foster a greater spirit of self-reliance in  Jamaica as part of the process of nation-building?” Shana Lee Cawley
Glenmuir HS
Zakiya McKenzie
St. Andrew HS
No award

2005 A social contract would contribute positively to Jamaica’s national development.” Discuss  Occero Fuller
Camperdown HS
Special prize to 12-year-old L’Jay Perry
Campion College
 

2006 “The islands of the Caribbean are perhaps the perfect example in today’s world of the effects of colonial   economics.” – Michael Manley, “Jamaica: Struggle  
in the Periphery”. Discuss
Aisha Porter-Christie
Holy Childhood High School
Alex Shirley
Muschett High School
 
Toniann Jones York Castle High School

 


2007 “Democracy means far more than the right to vote  every five years. It means the right to participate in every aspect of national and community life. The people must believe that they can take part.”
Michael Manley Retirement Broadcast. Discuss
Cyrina Maxwell
 Papine High School

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Daniella Manning  Waterford High School

 

No award



 

         
         
Tertiary Undergraduate
         
Year

Subject

1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize
2003 “How can Commonwealth Caribbean states survive  
under the doctrine of globalisation?” 
Jermaine McCarthy
UWI, Mona
Seyon Hanson UWI, Cave Hill Trudy-Ann James Linton
Edna Manley College

2004 “Successful Caribbean regional integration can be achieved only in the context of wider South-South cooperation.” Discuss Latoya Richards
 UWI, Mona
Marlene Segre UWI, Mona No award

2005 “Failure to focus on the social implications of  globalisation will have serious consequences  
for the development of the Caribbean.” Discuss
Cindy Simon of The Bahamas
UWI, Mona
Evette Smith Inst. For Theological & Leadership Dev’ment Devon Wilson
UWI, Mona

2006 “The concept of the nation state as an arena for independent economic development is becoming, increasingly obsolete.” – Michael Manley, "The Poverty of Nations”. Discuss Joel Karl Richards of St Vincent & the Grenadines
UWI, Mona
Marlon Moore UWI, Mona Shana Lee Cawley UWI, Mona

2007 “Where political sovereignty has been conceded but economic power remains untouched, equality remains a myth, social justice proves unattainable and even freedom becomes an ambiguous phenomenon.”
-- Michael Manley, International Conference in Support
of the Peoples of Zimbabwe & Namibia, May 1977. Discuss
Quaine Palmer UWI, Mona

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Zandrea Banton UWI, Mona No award