UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Language and Arts

In this episode, Esa Aldegheri interviews Predencia Dixon about her book A Guide to Jamaican Death Rituals. The guide came our of Predencia's PhD research and presents a practical guide to Jamaicans both in Jamaica and in the Diaspora, as well as to others interested in rituals more broadly.

The book is available on Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Jamaican-D…ls/dp/B0FS7BXW8W

Predencia Dixon is a writer, poet, playwright, dancer and actor. She was born in Jamaica, moved to the UK at the age of ten, attended school in Manchester, moved to Birmingham for higher education and, despite several attempts to leave, still lives there. More information about Predencia can be found on her website predencia.co.uk.

In April 2023, she completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham, researching the changing approaches to death rituals in Jamaica, and in the Jamaican diaspora in the UK. She has a passion for metaphysics; most of her musings can be found on her blog Writing Creatively With Spirit (writingcreativelywithspirit.com/).

Predencia is an Affiliate Artist of the UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Languages, and Arts at the University of Glasgow.

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First published: 21 October 2026