Afrika’s Struggle: His Experiential Journey

Afrika’s Struggle and a Former Student

September 15, 2025 - Announcements

Photographer: Amna Bilal

Afrika’s Struggle at the Best Jamaican Restaurant in Long Island, NY

July 11, 2025 - Events

I argue that the Dunn’s River Lounge (includes live music) is the best Jamaican restaurant in Long Island, NY.

The food is boombastic – in Dancehall’s Superstar Shaggy’s voice.

In the first picture, I’m standing with the owner, Naala Royale-Holder. In the photograph behind us is her mother, Dr. Gloria Royale-Davis, at 82 years old, looking very young.

In my hand, I am holding Dr. Royale-Davis’ ethnographic study, Jamaicans in New York.

My brother, a NY attorney, and Dancehall Superstar Red Fox are two of the ethnographic study’s subjects/interviewees. The superbly talented Red Fox is my former Jamaican schoolmate, and he is Ms. Royale-Holder’s cousin.

I recommend Jamaicans in New York. It is a great read and looks nice on the coffee table (beside Afrika’s Struggle: His Experiential Journey – my shameless plug).