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Usain Bolt Sets Facebook Jamaica Record
Posted on 10 August 2011.
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Countdown To Jamaica Independence
Posted on 05 August 2011.
Happy birthday Jamaica! The world’s best biggest little country celebrates another milesone today, August 6. This is a timeline of how it got there.
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Jamaica’s Irie People
Posted on 05 August 2011.
Jamaica celebrates its 49th birthday on August 6, 2011. It is a milestone we just could not let pass without highlighting one of its greatest assets: its people.
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Top 20 Ways Jamaica Has Shaped The World
Posted on 05 August 2011.
The tiny island of Jamaica is 49 August 6. We are happy to wish it well and to list some of the ways it has impacted on the world. Booyaka!
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Cyber Vandals Hack Jamaica’s Cultural Hero Miss Lou
Posted on 26 July 2011.
Today, of all days, Jamaica’s first lady of culture, Dr. the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, more popularly known as Miss Lou, would be turning over in her grave if only she knew what some cyber vandals have done to her official website. It is the fifth anniversary since Miss Lou died aged 86 in Toronto, Canada [...]
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Jamaican Death Denial
Posted on 22 July 2011.
A funny thing happens when you go to certain “uptown events” and you meet a certain type of Jamaican. This type easily denies their Jamaican heritage by saying, “I was born in Jamaica but I’m British now.” Then they start talking speaky-spokey, as if they and the Queen are sisters or they have had elocution [...]
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Dubbing Up The Effects
Posted on 05 March 2011.
We are dealing with three central elements here: the voice, the human beatbox and dub. The common thread is the sound but the endgame is the final mix, like the finished cake after adding all the ingredients according to the recipe. Jamaica, and its sound system operators, musicians and players of instruments, invented this piece [...]
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Mr. Vegas, Sweet Jamaica
Posted on 09 January 2011.
Almost without exception, most promotional videos about Jamaica are so sweet they are dangerously close to giving you diabetes. This is especially true of those aimed at enticing tourists to Jamaica. Happily, this video featuring the artists Mr. Vegas, Shaggy and Josey Wales, is not one such video. As far as I know, “Sweet Jamaica” [...]
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UK Black History Month 2010 – Day 6
Posted on 06 October 2010.
Today’s UK Black History Month 2010 profile is Emperor Haile Selassie (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975 [allegedly]), born Tafari Makonnen, Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, observed as Rasta diety with a dynasty traced to King Solomon.
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