Contents: Mr. Landlord (Basil Gabbidon) -- Milk Lane hop (Clue J and his Blues Blasters) -- Wigger wee shuffle (Derrick Morgan) -- Stew peas and cornflakes (Audrey Adams and Rico Rodriguez) -- Another Moses (the Mello-Cat Count Ossie & his Warickers [that is, the Mellow Cats, Count Ossie & his Wareikas]) -- Wicked and dreadful (Neville Esson) -- Proof rum (Clue J and his Blues Blasters) -- Leave earth...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Jackson, Angeline

Summary: "The inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica's oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice. When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn't "grow out of it" and that her attraction to girls wasn't against God. In fact,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn Press 2022

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Carby, Hazel V.

Summary: "A haunting and evocative history of British empire, told through one woman's family story 'Where are you from?' Hazel Carby was continually asked as a girl, at a time when being Black and being British was understood to be an impossibility. To answer that question properly, eminent scholar Hazel Carby finds she needs to trace not just the family history of her Jamaican father and her Welsh...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2019

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Contents: Illiteracy (Horace Andy) -- Be a man (The Heptones) -- Natty gone (The Manchesters) -- Down town rebel (The Gladiators) -- Calling (Willie Williams) -- Sir D special (Roland Alphonso & Brentford All Stars) -- God I God I say (Keith Wilson) -- Almost anything (Alton Ellis) -- Adis a wa wa (Bobby Kalphat & the New Establishment) -- Sing a new song (Peter Broggs) -- Let freedom reign (Mystic...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2018

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Zoellner, Tom

Summary: "For five horrific weeks after Christmas in 1831, Jamaica was convulsed by an uprising of its enslaved people. What started as a peaceful labor strike quickly turned into a full-blown revolt, leaving hundreds of plantation houses smoking ruins. By the time British troops had put down the rebels, more than a thousand Jamaicans lay dead from summary executions and extrajudicial murder. While the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2020

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Summary: 007 James Bond's mission takes him to the steamy island of Jamaica, where mysterious energy waves are interfering with U.S. missile launches. As James unravels the astonishing truth, he must fight deadly assassins, sexy femme fatales and even a poisonous tarantula. With the help of CIA agent, Felix Leiter, and the beautiful Honey Ryder, he searches for the headquarters of Dr. No. The doctor is...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2008

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Dekker, Desmond

Contents: Jamaica ska -- Wise man -- Intensified -- Rudy got soul -- The more you live -- Israelites --Pickney gal -- Pretty Africa -- Problems -- It mek -- Don't blame me -- 0.0.7

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fuel 2000 Records 1998

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Contents: Disc one. Invitation to Jamaica / Lord Tanamo -- Fat man / Derrick Morgan -- Tell me darling / Jackie Edwards -- Running around / Owen Gray -- Miss Jamaica / Jimmy Cliff -- Housewife's choice / Derrick & Patsy -- Give me all your love / The Continentals -- Darling Patricia / Owen Gray -- Man to man / Kentrick Patrick -- Uno-dos-tres / Stranger & Ken -- Slow boat / Al T. Joe -- Rude boy / Duke...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Ellison, Katie

Summary: "Bob Marley was a reggae superstar who is considered to be one of the most influential musicians of all time. Born in rural Jamaica, this musician and songwriter began his career with his band, The Wailing Wailers, in 1963. The Wailers went on to spread the gospel of reggae music around the globe. Bob's distinctive style and dedication to his Rastafari beliefs became a rallying cry for the poor...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017

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Contents: Turn the lights down low (Lauryn Hill) -- Waiting in vain (Chrissie Hynde) -- Jammin' (Chrissie Hynde & Jimmy Cliff) -- No more trouble (Erykah Badu) -- No woman no cry (Erykah Badu & Jimmy Cliff) -- Who the cap fit (Queen Latifah) -- War (Darius Rucker) -- Three little birds (Tracy Chapman) -- Rasta man chant (Busta Rhymes & Julian Marley) -- Kinky reggae (Chris Robinson & Damian Marley) --...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2000

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Summary: From the 1950s, when his sound system ruled Kingston's dancehalls, through to his untimely passing early in 1975, Arthur 'Duke' Reid remained a giant of the Jamaican music industry, playing, promoting and producing some of the most important and influential recordings ever to see issue on the island. Such was the quality of his work that long after his old friend, Sonia Pottinger had acquired...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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Brown, Vincent

Summary: "Tacky's revolt, in modern-day Jamaica, was the largest slave uprising in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic. A strikingly modern guerilla conflict, the revolt inspired both fear of and sympathy toward black lives. Vincent Brown offers a gripping account of the fighting and its reverberations across an interconnected world"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020

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Tosh, Peter.

Contents: Brand new second hand (Peter Tosh & the Wailers) -- Maga dog (Peter Tosh) -- Skanky dog (Peter Tosh & Winston Scotland) -- Boney dog (The Now Generation) -- Maingy dog (Bunny Flip) -- Fat dog (Joe Gibbs & the Love Generation) -- The crimson pirate (Peter Tosh) -- Rightful ruler (Peter Tosh & U. Roy) -- Four hundred years (Peter Tosh & the Wailers) -- Moon dust (Peter Tosh) -- Ambitious beggar...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Trojan Records 2001

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Contents: I am a revolutionalist (Freddie McGregor) -- Burning in my soul (Silvertones) -- Without you (Wailing Souls) -- Jah Jah fire (Devon Russell) -- Sufferation (Trevor Clarke) -- Sonia (Gladiators) -- Always trying (Judah Eskender Tafari) -- Ya ho (Viceroys) -- Give me back me language and me culture (Im and Count Ossie) -- Serious thing (Gladiators) -- Glory for I (Prospectors) -- Things and time...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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Culture (Musical group)

Contents: Too long in slavery -- Garvey -- Trod on -- Weeping -- Production something -- Pyaka -- Dog a go nyam dog -- Black rose (aka stand up and fight) -- Children of Israel.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Heart Beat 1998

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Marley, Bob.

Contents: Chant down Babylon (2:35) -- Buffalo soldier (4:16) -- Jump Nyabinghi (3:43) -- Mix up, mix up (5:07) -- Give thanks & praises (3:15) -- Blackman redemption (3:33) -- Trench Town (3:12) -- Stiff necked fools (3:24) -- I know (3:19) -- Rastaman live up! (5:23).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Tuff Gong 1990

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Contents: Disc 1: The gardener / Judy Mowatt -- Ride on Johnny / Charlie Ace & Johnny Lover -- Rebeloution / Winston Wright -- Ah-so / Tommy McCook -- If Ah-so / The destroyers -- How your panty get wet / Stranger & Jimmy -- New Kent Road / Johnny Lover -- Don't be prejudice / Max Romeo -- He's so real to me / The Joe Gibbs All Stars -- We love weed / The Joe Gibbs All Stars -- Hypocrite / The Heptones...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records 2022

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Contents: Disc 1: Money in my pocket -- A-so we stay -- Ration -- I've got a feeling (take 2) -- Knock on wood -- Baby I need your loving -- The world is on a wheel -- More dub -- More dub chapter II -- In heaven there is no beer -- Pretty face girl -- Make love not war -- Horse race -- Things not easy -- Virginia skank -- Fort Agustus rock -- Whip them jah jah -- If you had known -- Africa want us all...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Doctor Bird 2022

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Perry, Lee

Contents: Dyon-Anaswa -- Return of the super ape -- Tell me something good -- Bird in hand -- Crab yars -- Jah Jah Ah natty dread -- Psyche & Trim -- The Lion -- Huzza a hana -- High rankin Sammy.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Cleopatra Records 2000

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Redgrave, Naida

Summary: Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in Kingston, Jamaica as the daughter of a doctress to helping soldiers in the war, discover the details of the amazing life that Mary Seacole led in this beautifully illustrated book...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Spanier, Kristine

Summary: "In this book, readers will learn about the unique and defining features of Jamaica. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the key details of the country, including geography, climate, culture, and resources. Compelling questions encourage further inquiry. Includes reading tips for teachers and parents, a map, quick facts, a...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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Contents: Bar tender / Laurel Aitken -- Independence song / Prince Buster & the Blue Beats -- Four corners of the world / Roland Alphonso -- Housewife's choice / Derrick & Patsy -- Oh Carolina / The Folkes Brothers -- Jamaican rock / Byron Lee and the Dragonaires -- Murder / Leon and Owen & Drumbago All Stars -- Jamaica blues / Azie Lawrence -- Kinston 13 / Bell's Group -- Babylon gone / Winston & Roy...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Contents: War (Wailing souls) -- Right time (Mighty Diamonds) -- I love King Selassie (Black Uhuru) -- The same song (Israel Vibration) -- Ina dis ya time (Itals) -- Revelation time (Culture) -- Tricked (Meditations) -- Deliver me from my enemies (Yabby You & The Prophets) -- Promised land (Royals) -- Row fisherman (Congos) -- Bongo red (Gladiators) -- Stop your gang war (Melodians) -- Jah bless the...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Shanachie 1997

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Contents: Keep that light (Johnny Osbourne & the Prophets) (6:07) -- Natty ten to one (Dillinger) (2:26) -- Natty Dread on the go (Lone Ranger) (2:39) -- Minstral (Prince Jazzbo) (3:33) -- Jah promise (Johnny Osbourne) (3:51) -- Wine of violence (Freddie McGregor) (3:18) -- Compliment to Studio One (Papa Michigan and General Smiley) (5:07) -- Easy (Willie Williams) (4:23) -- Quarter pound of ishen (Lone...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Jazz Records 2017

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