Year: 2020
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Who Pays For the World That Slavery Built?
The clip clop of the muscular, well groomed horses bearing men in armour and pulling the gold gilded coaches transporting Queen Elizabeth II to parliament in London speaks of the wealth and grandeur of empire built on land grabs, pirate loot, chattel slavery and indentureship. The show is also a big draw to today’s tourism.
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Honour Our Legends – A plea for boxing champ Bunny Grant
If you leaf through the annals of the birth of Jamaica, you’re unlikely to see the name of Bunny Grant, the prototypical gladiator, the champion battling in the arena to win freedom and glory.
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Wha a Gwaan? – World Impact of Jamaican Language
Jamaican Creole (patwa or patois) has been widely dispersed and had an impact on people all over the world. In our first Abeng News video magazine, we speak with Dr Joseph Farquharson, coordinator of the Jamaican Language Unit at The University of the West Indies (UWI),