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Y’all, I spent the last two weeks diving into
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I’d encourage folks to support where they can.
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Today, we remember the enslaved Africans who were drowned in one of the most tragic events in history, the Zong Massacre. The slave ship, The Zong, which docked at St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on Dec. 22, 1781, would see about 234 enslaves thrown aboard
Thread below
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One of the most brutal and inhumane events in modern history, we reflect on the 200+ Africans who drowned. In the words of renowned historian, Dr. Verene Shepherd, the event “is a testimony to the cruelty of the colonial British & justifies the demand for reparatory justice”
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Despite this the Jamaican court in 1782 found in favour of the owners. The African were reduce to “horses” & “cargo” while it cause outrage against anti-slavery proponents. It would be years for the event to be termed what it is really: a massacre
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On this day in history, October 15, 1968, the government of Jamaica, headed by Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer, barred Guyanese UWI lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from re-entering the country.
A brief overview of events of why Walter Rodney was banned is below.
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The slave ship Zong departed the coast of Africa on the 6 of September 1781 with about 442 slaves. Since this human chattel was such a valuable commodity at that time, many captains captured more Africans than their ships could accommodate in order to maximize profits.
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On this day in history, October 15, 1968, the government of Jamaica, headed by Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer, barred Guyanese UWI lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from re-entering the country.
A brief overview of events of why Walter Rodney was banned is below.
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Children, women and men were forced off the ship and left to drown. Some of the men handcuffed and had iron balls tied to their ankles. About 10 Africans jumped rather than be pushed by the crew. By December 22, about 208 Africans arrived alive, a mortality rate of 53%
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On this day in history, January, 1st 1804, Haiti became the first black republic (after a revolution that began in 1791) declaring freedom for all black people from enslavement.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution, became the nation’s first president.
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On this day in history, October 25, 1983, US President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to the US citizens on the island, ordered over 2000 troops to invade the island of Grenada. The US was assisted by a coalition of right leaning Caribbean governments.
Thread below
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10 weeks later, it arrived in Tobago, after which it continued on its journey to St. Elizabeth, but it veered off-course near Haiti. By then, complaints of water shortage, illness, & death among the crew and poor navigational and leadership decisions all created confusion
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Today, we remember the victims on Cubana Airlines Flight 455 traveling from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on October 6, 1976, by a bomb attack. That explosion is considered the first act of midair terrorism in the Americas.
A brief synopsis of the event is below.
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By the 29th of November about 62 Africans had died from either disease or malnutrition. The Zong then sailed in an area in the mid-Atlantic known as “the Doldrums” because of periods of little wind . As the ship sat stranded, sickness caused the deaths of over 50 Africans
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Desperate as they ran out of potable water, Luke Collingwood, captain of the ship decided to “jettison” some of the cargo in order to save the ship & provide its owners the opportunity to claim insurance. Between Nov 29 & Dec 22, about 120 enslaved Africans were thrown aboard
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Upon the Zong’s arrival in Jamaica, James Gregson, the ship’s owner, filed an insurance claim for their loss. Gregson stated that Zong didn’t have enough water to sustain the crew & Africans.The underwriter, Thomas Gilbert, disputed the claim citing the ship did have enough water
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No. Annie Palmer as we know her never existed. This story of her life at Rose Hall Great House is all based on a 1929 book written by the former editor of the Gleaner, H. G. de Lisser, who on his day off wrote racist fan-fiction on Jamaica history
See our podcast for details
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On this day in history, October 25, 1983, US President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to the US citizens on the island, ordered over 2000 troops to invade the island of Grenada. The US was assisted by a coalition of other Caribbean governments.
Thread below
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You know what would be great? A Jamaican political podcast where young people talk about current affairs and educational content.
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Another Jamaican will be inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Born Clive Campbell in Kingston in 1955, DJ Kool Herc cohosted the now famous 1973 Back to School Jam in the Bronx, New York. The party, also his sister's birthday, is widely identified as hiphop’s public liftoff
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Manley is wearing a Kariba Suit. Inspired by Rastas, Manley popularized it when he refused to wear a suit & tie cause “it was not suitable for JAM climate”. The Kariba was allowed in formal settings including parliament until 1980 when Seaga remade the dress code to suit & tie
It’s International Afro Day & we’re highlighting media personality, woman’s advocate & then PM wife, Beverly Manley, (now Duncan) for her iconic afro. She & her husband pushed the politics of fashion in the 1970’s
Here she’s with Micheal in 1977 with US president Jimmy Carter
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#EventsofTheYaad
History of Labour Day in Jamaica
Labour Day was created in 1960 when Premier Norman Manley, presented a bill in Parliament to abolish Empire Day, a celebration of Queen Victoria’s birthday & replace it with Labour Day, to commemorate the Labour Strikes of 1938
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#TheYaadArchives
Maurice Bishop, Grenadian lawyer, revolutionary & the island’s past prime minister, who was born on this day, May 29, 1944 on the island of Aruba; seen here, giving a speech at Hunter College in New York on June 5, 1983
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Today, on what would have been his 80th birthday, The Yaad remembers the life and legacy of scholar, historian & political activist, Guyana’s Dr. Walter Rodney. Among other things, Dr. Rodney, at age 25, became the first appointed professor of African History in the Caribbean.
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The 1st episode of
#LestWeForget
we ft Ivy Ralph, the Jamaican designer who challenge Caribbean formal wear with the fame Kariba Suit of the 1970s. Ralph was honoured by Jamaica in 1999. Yesterday,her daughter Sheryl Lee Ralph gain an
#Emmy
& this Oct. will also be honored by JAM
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Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the Walter Rodney Riots on October 16, 1968 in Jamaica over the banning of Dr. Walter Rodney by the government.
Below is some incidents that occurred on that historic Wednesday morning on Kingston streets
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The march was organized by Guild Undergraduate president from St. Vincent & the Grenadines, who would become the country’s future PM, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, with help from future Minister of Culture in the PNP government, a then graduate student & Guild president, Arnold Bertram
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The march that took place the following day would erupt in what would be come to be known as the Walter Rodney Riots of 1968. For a more detailed look at Walter Rodney & the riots that took place, please check out our historical podcast
#LestWeForgetPodcast
most recent episode.
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The march was organized by Guild Undergraduate president from St. Vincent & the Grenadines, who would become the country’s future PM, Ralph Gonsalves, with assistance from future Minister of Culture in the PNP government, a then graduate student & Guild president, Arnold Bertram
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Today, we remember the victims, mostly teenagers, and their love ones. On the west coast of Barbados, in the Paynes Bay, you will find this monument, dedicated to the victims. The monument was unveiled during the 1998 visit of the late Cuban President Fidel Castro to Barbados.
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It’s International Afro Day & we’re highlighting media personality, woman’s advocate & then PM wife, Beverly Manley, (now Duncan) for her iconic afro. She & her husband pushed the politics of fashion in the 1970’s
Here she’s with Micheal in 1977 with US president Jimmy Carter
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#EventsOfTheYaad
Today, we remember the enslaved Africans who were drowned in one of the most tragic events in history, the Zong Massacre. The slave ship, The Zong, which docked at St. Elizabeth, Jamaica on Dec. 22, 1781, would see about 234 enslaves thrown aboard
Thread below
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The march that took place the next day is the largest student organised protest in Caribbean history. The protest however would erupt into what would known as the Rodney Riots. Even after 53 years, the banned on Dr. Walter Rodney is still in effect by the Jamaican government
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In 1968, returning from Tanzania Dr. Rodney was preparing to take up post as the 1st professor to teach African history in the Caribbean. In the interim, he went in Rasta & poor black communities educating residents on black history, black philosophy & black liberation
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Countries like Jamaica would find themselves in hot water with international powers as well because they aided in the invasion of Grenada. Under the orders of PM Edward Seaga, the Jamaica Defence Force, the JDF, was deployed on Grenada to aid the US in the invasion.
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Dr. Rodney spoke out against capitalism, western ideology & the lack of black history taught in Jamaican schools which put him on the radar of the then very conservative JLP led government headed by Hugh Shearer. This was during rise of the Black Power movement in the US
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In 1968, Dr. Rodney was a professor at UWI Mona where he taught in the Department of History. Apart from been popular among students, Dr. Rodney would go in Rasta & poor black communities where he would educate residents on black history, black philosophy & black liberation
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For a more detailed look at the protest behind the banning of Walter Rodney & the riots that took place, please check out our historical podcast, the
#LestWeForgetPodcast
episode on the events.
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On, October 11, 1865 the Morant Bay Rebellion broke out when 100’s of black people marched into the Morant Bay, St. Thomas. The Jamaica Constabulary Force that was to protect the whites & upper & middle class landowners during & after the rebellion, was formed
THREAD BELOW:
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Now on our YouTube Channel
We look at how a made up story connecting Lady Musgrave Road & Devon House became facts; and as a bonus, we explain how the story of Annie Palmer, the White Witch of Rosehall, a woman who never existed, entered Jamaican society
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In 1976, MP Mike Henry became the first politician to be shot in Jamaica; causing over 250 pellets on his body. Many of the lead pellets are still in his body & during our interview with him recently, he’s showed members of The Yaad, the lead pellets that remain in his hands
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A look at the salt 'plantations' of the colonial Caribbean i.e in Turks & Caicos, Bonaire, St Maarten, Jamaica, Barbuda, St Kitts etc & how saltpan enslaves had a major role in the Emancipation of the British West Indies & how our history of salt production influence today's diet
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Code-named Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion was triggered by internal strife within the government resulting in the house arrest & six days before the invasion, the execution of the island’s Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, the nation’s pro- Marxist leader.
Maurice Bishop
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On its anniversary, we remember the lives forever change from the series of events that took place on the island of Grenada.
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Maurice Bishop seized power in March of 1979 at the end of Grenadian Revolution replacing Sir Eric Gairy as PM. Bishop would then developed relations with Cuba. On October 19 of 1983, Bishop was killed by a firing squad. Up to this day, the remains of his body is unknown
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On its anniversary, we remember the lives forever change from the series of events that took place on the island of Grenada.
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Dr. Rodney spoke out against capitalism, western ideology & the lack of black history taught in Jamaican schools which put him on the radar of the then very conservative JLP led government headed by Hugh Shearer. This was during rise of the Black Power movement in the US
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On this day in history, November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones lead over 900 of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at their agricultural commune in a remote part of Guyana. The event would be the largest mass suicide in modern history.
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On her 97th birthday, The Yaad celebrates the life & legacy of one of the most esteemed & influential academic historians in Caribbean history, Guyana’s Dr Elsa Goveia, the region’s first professor of West Indian history & the first woman professor at UWI
Artwork:
@Davydthebob
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Today we remember the legacy of Jamaican enthnomusicologist, folklorist & teacher, the Honorable Dr. Olive Lewin born today in 1927. Apart from been in charge of Memory Bank Project, she also founded the Jamaica Folk Singers & the now Jamaica Youth Orchestra
Brief bio is below
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On the 14th of October 1968, the Cabinet invited the Vice- Chancellor of UWI, Phillip Sherlock, to terminate Rodney's contract of employment. The Vice-Chancellor informed the Government that this was not possible since there were no professional grounds for Rodney's dismissal.
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Reports from the Washington Post indicated that since 1981 the CIA had engaged in efforts to destabilize the Grenadan government, politically & economically. In August 1981, U.S. armed forces staged a mock invasion of Grenada on the island of Vieques off the coast of Puerto Rico
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In the wake of the anniversary of his assassination, Oct. 19, 1983, The Yaad reflects on the life & legacy of former Grenadian Prime Minister & one of the founders of the New Jewel Movement, the organisers of the 1979 Grenadian Revolution, Maurice Bishop
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The aircraft which brought Rodney back from Montreal where he was attending a Congress of Black Writers landed at 2:20 PM on Tuesday 15th October. Stranded on the plane, Rodney worried over his pregnant wife, Pat, their unborn child & his young child who were all in Jamaica
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On the late hours of that faithful Tuesday night of October 15, 1968, the student decided that they would march the following day on the offices of the Minister of Home Affairs, Roy McNeil & the Prime Minister and to deliver two petitions in favour of Dr. Walter Rodney.
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However, it was not until 9:00 PM that day that UWI students learnt that Rodney was refused re-entry & confined to the aircraft. Soon thereafter a meeting of students on the campus was advertised for 11:00 PM on Mary Seacole Hall. Almost 900 UWI students showed up
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Thanks for the shoutout but just to say we actually do have a political podcast - Checkmate, where young people speak to experts about different policies and developmental issues in Jamaica & the wider Caribbean. And then there's Lest We Forget, our historical podcast
I believe
@tenementyaad_
podcast might be a good place to start. Not necessarily political but definitely has educational content on there.
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Code-named Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion was triggered by internal strife within the government resulting in the house arrest & six days before the invasion, the execution of the island’s Prime Minister, Maurice Bishop, the nation’s Marxist Leninist leader
Maurice Bishop
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Countries like Jamaica & Dominica got in trouble with international powers as they violated regional & international treaties to aid in the invasion.
Eg. Under the orders of PM Edward Seaga, the Jamaica Defence Force was deployed in Grenada to aid the US in the invasion
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Reports from the Washington Post indicated that since 1981 the CIA had engaged in efforts to destabilize the Grenadan government politically & economically. In August 1981, U.S. armed forces staged a mock invasion of Grenada on the island of Vieques off the coast of Puerto Rico.
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On the 54th anniversary of Dr. Rodney’s ban where the Rodney Protest, the largest student protest in the Caribbean, occurred the next day & change the political landscape of the anglophone region, a reminder that the ban on Dr. Rodney by the Jamaican government is still in place
On this day in history, October 15, 1968, the government of Jamaica, headed by Prime Minister, Hugh Shearer, barred Guyanese UWI lecturer Dr. Walter Rodney from re-entering the country.
A brief overview of events of why Walter Rodney was banned is below.
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Upon taking over the island, most foreign doctors, teachers, and other civilians were summarily arrested and expelled by U.S. officials. The island's only radio station was taken over by the U.S. Navy. The press was censored, & a writ of habeus corpus was abolished on the island
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Maurice Bishop seized power in March of 1979, marking the Grenadian Revolution, where he replaced Sir Eric Gairy as PM. Bishop would then developed relations with Cuba. On October 19 of 1983, Bishop was killed by a firing squad. Up to this day, the remains of his body is unknown
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World reaction to the invasion was overwhelmingly negative. A United Nations Security Council vote to condemn the invasion was vetoed by the United States, which cast the sole negative vote. The General Assembly also voted against the invasion by a wide margin.
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On the 14th of October 1968, the Cabinet invited the Vice- Chancellor of UWI, Phillip Sherlock, to terminate Rodney's contract of employment. The Vice-Chancellor informed the Government that this was not possible since there were no professional grounds for Rodney's dismissal.
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#RememberArmadale
Today marks 12 years since the fire at Armadale Correctional Juvenile Centre in St. Ann.The Yaad reflects on the lives of
Ann-Marie Samuels, 16
Nerrissa King, 16
Rachael King, 16
Kaychell Nelson, 15
Shauna-Lee Kerr, 15
Georgina Saunders, 16
Stephanie Smith, 17
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Links below:
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On the late hours of that faithful Tuesday night of October 15, 1968, the student decided that they would march the following day on the offices of the Minister of Home Affairs, Roy McNeil & the Prime Minister and to deliver two petitions in favour of Dr. Walter Rodney.
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Upon taking over the island, most foreign doctors, teachers, and other civilians were summarily arrested and expelled by U.S. officials. The island's only radio station was taken over by the U.S. Navy. The press was censored, & a writ of habeus corpus was abolished on the island
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NEW EPISODE OUT
A story of Jamaica’s most famous beauty contest which propelled the tourism industry & the nation’s popularity globally with having the ability to cure racism. The 1955 pageant would go on to influence the new national motto: Out Of Many, One People
Links below
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On this day, Nov 16, 2005, Trinidad & Tobago became the 4th Caribbean nation to qualify for FIFA World Cup Finals; ironically, exactly 8 years previously, Jamaica became the 3rd Caribbean nation to qualify, on Nov 16 1997
T&T, at the time, was the smallest nation to ever qualify
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Lady Saw, Anthony B (center) & Bounty Killer, in discussion shortly before they appeared in court to answer to charges of using indecent language during their August 19, 2001 performance at the “Champions in Action” stage show at Fort Clarence Beach
Photo by Rudolph Brown.
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In 1951, the Jamaican government began to investigate "homosexual behaviours" in the JCF. Then in 2009, a sitting MP declared the Force was filled with gay men. So on this episode, we look at the century long rumour that the JCF is overrun with queer men
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Many Grenadians were killed and even Cuban milita on the island, who were there to aid in the expansion of the island’s airport. The government collapsed & was replaced by one acceptable to the United States
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However, it was not until 9:00 PM that day that UWI students learnt that Rodney was refused re-entry & confined to the aircraft. Soon thereafter a meeting of students on the campus was advertised for 11:00 PM on Mary Seacole Hall. Almost 900 UWI students showed up
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World reaction to the invasion was overwhelmingly negative. A United Nations Security Council vote to condemn the invasion was vetoed by the United States, which cast the sole negative vote. The General Assembly also voted against the invasion by a wide margin.
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On the topic of beaches, our Lest We Forget History Podcast has an episode explaining how a series of laws enacted after Emancipation in the anglophone Caribbean has led to the issue of land ownership & land access, many countries are facing today
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On the anniversary of her assassination, Oct. 19 1983, we remember the life of one of the most prolific woman in Caribbean politics, Grenada’s Jacqueline Creft: a key member of the New Jewel Movement & Minister of Education & Women Affairs in the People’s Revolutionary Government
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Phillip Sherlock stated that he will discuss the matter with his senior colleagues. But Sherlock was denied that time as Shearer banned Rodney the following day saying it was urgent to do so. It would seem a perfect time in Shearer’s eyes as Rodney was out the country.
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The aircraft which brought Rodney back from Montreal where he was attending a Congress of Black Writers landed at 2:20 PM on Tuesday 15th October. Stranded on the plane, Rodney worried over his pregnant wife, Pat, their unborn child & his young child who were all in Jamaica.
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The plane went down killing 57 Cubans which included 24 members of the 1975 national Cuban fencing team that had just won all the gold medals in the Central American & Caribbean Championships; many of them teenagers. There were also 11 Guyanese & five North Koreans on board.
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The Yaad sends Happy Independence greetings to all Grenadians. Grenada achieved independence on February 7, 1974.
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From the streets of Hanover to Studio One to the walls of Black Ark and the countless studios across the world, where he helped lay the foundation and the advancement of Jamaican music, The Yaad honours the life and legacy of the legendary, Lee “Scratch” Perry.
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The Yaad sends greetings to Barbadians as they celebrate their 55th independence which took place on Nov 30 1966 & further break from colonialism by officially becoming a republic today, Nov 30 2021
A country now headed by a Bajan woman head of state & a woman head of government
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Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the 1979 Grenadian Revolution, the first & only successful revolution in the Anglophone Caribbean. It saw the socialist People's Revolutionary Government, born out of the Marxist-Leninist New Jewel Movement, coming to power.
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE OUT
A mid a crackdown of other celebrations in 1880's Trinidad, including Firepass & Carnival, on Oct. 30, 1884, the colonial police turned their guns on Indians taking part in the Muslim-Indo Hosay festival - killing 17 persons & wounding 98
Links below
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Today on October 10, 1997, the film Dancehall Queen, starring Audrey Reid was released in Jamaican cinemas. At the time of its release, it was the highest grossing local film & still up to today, one of the few Jamaican films with a woman lead
Thread about the film is below
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Nearly 20 of these troops were killed & over a hundred wounded; over 60 Grenadan troops and Cuban milita on the islands to aid in the expansion of the island m’s airport were killed. The government collapsed & was replaced by one acceptable to the United States .
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Remind us next year June to release a Lest We Forget episode entitled, "The Night A Jamaica Media House Created Confusion"
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Today, we remember the victims on Cubana Airlines Flight 455 traveling from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on October 6, 1976, by a bomb attack.
The plane explosion is the first act of midair terrorism in the Americas.
A brief synopsis of the event is below.
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Still during the actual invasion of 1983, US forces had to rely on minimal intelligence about the situation. (The maps used by them were, old tourist maps of the island.) Reagan ordered in more troops & by the time the fighting was done, nearly 6,000 U.S. troops were in Grenada.
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Happy Independence Day to all Haitians
On Jan 1, 1804, they declared independence from France, making them the 1st black republic in the world & the 2nd republic in North America
Bon Jounen Endepandans
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