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Classic reggae recordings Enchantment of the world International cinema Who was...?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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE STUJackson, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dundurn Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 JACCarby, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE BLAContents: Disc 1. Penny reel / Lord Power & Calypso Quintet -- Lollipop girl / The Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group -- Judgment Day / Laurel Aitken with Ken Richards & his Harmonisers -- In and out the window / Monty & Roy with Drumbago's Orchestra -- Feel so fine (aka feel so good) / Derrick & Patsy with Drumbago's Band -- River bank part 1 (aka bank to bank) / Baba Brooks & his Band -- Rough...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sanctuary Records Group 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TREYoung, Kerry
Summary: As a boy, Pao came to Jamaica with his mother and brother in the wake of the Chinese Civil War. Pao becomes a powerful man, but he's not a typical crime boss. He is sensitive at heart and guided by the principles 0f Sun Tzu's Art of War, even though , as he discovers, the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sage can be tough to interpret when applied to the criminal annd predicament he faces.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.8 ZOESummary: 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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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE DR.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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE DEKBromfield, Asha
Summary: It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BROShaggy
Contents: Boombastic (string remix) (4:21) -- In the summertime (featuring Rayvon) (3:58) -- Oh Carolina (3:12) -- Luv me luv me (featuring Janet Jackson) (5:56) -- Nice and lovely (3:45) -- The train is coming (3:43) -- Why you treat me so bad (3:48) -- Big up (featuring Rayvon) (3:26) -- Piece of my heart (4:15) -- Sexy body girl (3:59) -- Something different (4:31) -- That girl (Maxi Priest featuring...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin Records America 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE ShaggEllison, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET MARLEYContents: 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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TROPollard, Velma.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Canoe Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.9729 POLSummary: Jamaica became an independent country from Great Britain in 1962. It is the land of sea, sand and sun ... but it is also a prime example of the complexities of economic globalization on the world's developing countries. Effectively portrays the relationship between Jamaican poverty and the practices of international lending agencies while driving home the devasting consequences of globalization.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Yorker Video 2003
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LIFContents: 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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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC ONESummary: 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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TREBjorklund, Ruth.
Summary: A beautiful Caribbean island known for its warm, sunny weather and breathtaking landscapes, Jamaica is home to a rich blend of African and European cultural traditions. Readers will tour Jamaica's scenic landscapes and vibrant cities as they explore the nation's history and culture. They will also examine Jamaica's government and economy and find out what it is like to live there today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.92 BJOBrown, 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"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 BROSkatalites
Contents: Garden of love (4:35) -- Glory to the sound (4:31) -- From Russia with love (4:30) -- Ska fort rock (4:09) -- When I fall in love (3:17) -- Freedom sounds (4:25) -- Trip to Mars (4:00) -- Pata pata (Skata skata) (4:03) -- Lester's mood (4:59) -- Golden love (3:09) -- African beat (4:22) -- River to the bank (4:28) -- Thinking of you (3:26) -- Guns of Navarone (5:09) -- Rock fort rock (4:03).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Village 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE SKATosh, 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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE TOSTosh, Peter.
Contents: The Coxsone years: Hoot nanny hoot (3:09) -- Maga dog (2:59) -- Amen (2:33) -- Jumbie jamboree (3:33) -- Shame and scandal (3:01) -- Sinner man (3:05) -- Rasta shook them up (2:15) -- The toughest (3:09) -- Don't look back (1:50) -- When the well runs dry (2:36) -- Making love (3:11) -- Can't you see (2:19) -- Treat me good (1:53).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Heartbeat 1996
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE ToshContents: 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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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD REGGAE FIRCulture (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