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What I Learnt During Pandemic Week Ending 13/6/20

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

In Jamaica I Learnt NOEL CHAMBERS 81 year old Chambers’ death, after being incarcerated for 40 years without trial, continues cause anger across society and in the diaspora. The current PNP vs JLP squabble over Mr Chamber’s death- on who … Continue reading →

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McCoy Tyner 1938 – 2020

Posted on March 24, 2020 by

The late jazz pianist McCoy Tyner was known mainly for being part of the legendary quartet led by saxophonist John Coltrane during the early 1960s. Elvin Jones (drums) and Jimmy Garrision (bass) were the other members of a foursome that … Continue reading →

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July 1952: Marcus Garvey Day Agreed by Parliament?

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

As Jamaicans home and abroad celebrate National Heritage Week it is worth highlighting an article from 1952 the appeared in the Gleaner. In 1952 Jamaica’s legislature agreed to declare Garvey’s birthday 17 August a public holiday. At the same session … Continue reading →

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Cyrille Regis: One of English Football’s True Gentlemen

Posted on January 17, 2018 by

Yesterday we woke up to the sad news that former England footballer Cyrille Regis had died of a heart attack at just age 59. Cyrille is regarded as one of the trailblazing black footballers in English football from the late … Continue reading →

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Muhammad Ali: Another Positive Influence Gone in 2016

Posted on June 7, 2016 by

With Muhammad Ali passing away last Friday, he joins a long list of respected influential figures to have died in 2016. That list includes Music: David Bowie, Natalie Cole, Dennis Davies (drummer on Stevie Wonder’s “Master Blaster”), Keith Emerson, Glenn Frey, Leon … Continue reading →

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No Mr D.C. – Fight for Slavery Reparations by the Caribbean Must Contiue

Posted on October 4, 2015 by

David Cameron’s recent visit to Jamaica raised the emotive topic of slavery reparations to levels I have never seen before. For many of us  – whose ancestors went throught slavery and British colonial rule until 1962 – reparations is long … Continue reading →

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Bob Marley Day

Posted on February 7, 2015 by

Bob Marley would have been 70 today had he lived beyond 1981 until now. Just goes to show that despite the great man’s long absence his contribution to music continues to be appreciated and celebrated. In Jamaica numerous events are … Continue reading →

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Black History Month: Garvey in Old Harbour in 1930

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Below is an article from the Jamaica Gleaner of 29 September 1930. “Mr Marcus Garvey at Old Harbour” “Last night quite a representative of citizens met in the Ludford School [now Old Harbour Primary] and listened with marked attention to a … Continue reading →

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Keep Mary & William on the National Curriculum

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

There are understandable concerns in some English quarters as the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, plans to revise the national curriculum for history studies. According to the Daily Mail, Gove has earmarked to remove from the national curriculum, Crimean War nurses … Continue reading →

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Black History – Kindergarden style

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

My girlfriend Maxine is a teacher at a kindergarden achool in the Portmore area of St Catherine, Jamaica. She is well respected by her colleagues children and the parents. Maxine and her colleague “Aunty Diana” “has made it her priority to teach their … Continue reading →

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